"Women as Journalists" - Feature in The Freeman. A National Colored Weekly Newspaper, Feb 23, 1889.
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Title
"Women as Journalists" - Feature in The Freeman. A National Colored Weekly Newspaper, Feb 23, 1889.
Subject
Lewis, Lillian Alberta ( (pseudonym: Bert Islew), 1861-?
Mossell, Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill, 1855-1848
Praise
Journalists/Writers
Black Periodicals
Description
The article, marked as a reprint from The New York Journalist, describes several Black women's careers and achievements as journalists, among them Gertrude Mossell and Lillian A. Lewis. Author Lucy Wilmot Smith begins by highlighting the neglect of Black women in "the archives of public libraries." The biographical sketches of accomplished women is meant to correct that record.
Credit
Creator
Wilmot Smith, Lucy, 1861-1889
Type
Reference
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Collection
Citation
Wilmot Smith, Lucy, 1861-1889, “"Women as Journalists" - Feature in The Freeman. A National Colored Weekly Newspaper, Feb 23, 1889.,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/972.