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An Investigation Of The Roles Of Female Publishers Within Illinois Media, Sarah Whitney
An Investigation Of The Roles Of Female Publishers Within Illinois Media, Sarah Whitney
Student Honors Theses
This project started during a Women and Mass Media course at Eastern Illinois
University taught by Dr. Sally Turner. The class visited Marion Best, publisher and
owner of The News-Progress in Sullivan, Illinois . From this visit, comes this study.
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This study found that the number of Illinois female publishers has not quite doubled since 1900 from 34 to 63 . However the percentage of female publishers has skyrocketed from 2 to 19 percent. Three female publishers in Illinois were interviewed about their experiences as women who occupy a position of leadership to gain insight into the challenges of …