Women’s Journey in Journalism with Brooke Kroeger

Name: Women’s Journey in Journalism with Brooke Kroeger
Start: 2024-05-05T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-05T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Heinz History Center

Schedule

Sun May 05 2024 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Heinz History Center | Pittsburgh, PA

Explore women’s role in journalism throughout history with esteemed author Brooke Kroeger and the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh.
Join the History Center for a headline-worthy program on Sunday, May 5 as we welcome acclaimed author, journalist, and professor emerita at New York University Brooke Kroeger for a special talk on her book “Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism.”
Presented in partnership with the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh, Kroeger will discuss how women went from the margins to the mainstream in newsrooms across the nation over the past two centuries. Featuring Western Pennsylvania women such as Jane Grey Swisshelm, Ida Tarbell, and Rachel Carson, “Undaunted” examines how women changed journalism, reclaimed their voices, and blazed new trails in a field dominated by men.
Following Kroeger’s talk, enjoy a panel discussion with members of the Women’s Press Club that reflects on women’s evolving role in journalism and considers how future generations will continue to rewrite history.
The event will fittingly commemorate the 160th birthday of legendary Apollo, Pa., journalist Nellie Bly, who famously pioneered a new era of investigative journalism in 1887 after her undercover stories for the New York World exposed atrocities committed at the Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum.
Before and after the program, learn more about the intrepid Western Pa. women who fearlessly pursued stories in search of the truth in the History Center’s new exhibition, A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh.
Admission
Admission is FREE for History Center members and $10 for non-members with advance registration.
Register now: https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/event/womens-journey-in-journalism-with-brooke-kroeger/
Program admission includes full access to History Center exhibitions on Sunday, May 5. Don’t miss an opportunity to visit the #1 History Museum in America for half price!
Not a member? Join today to receive free admission to this program and to the History Center year-round.
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