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                <text>The collection stores items related to the question of how gossip was talked about, referenced, and used in nineteenth-century periodicals. It showcases letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts of relevant journalists as well as exemplary gossip columns and articles. &lt;br /&gt;Visit the &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt; of archives from which the archival sources were derived.&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
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              <text>"Women as Journalists" - Feature in &lt;em&gt;The Freeman. A National Colored Weekly Newspaper&lt;/em&gt;, Feb 23, 1889.</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;The article, marked as a reprint from &lt;i&gt;The New York Journalist&lt;/i&gt;, describes several Black women's careers and achievements as journalists, among them Gertrude Mossell and Lillian A. Lewis.&amp;nbsp; 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.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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