Victoria M. Grieve is a professor of history at Utah State University. Her books include Little Cold Warriors: American Childhood During the Cold War and The Federal Art Project and the Creation of Middlebrow Culture.
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Introduction Chapter One: The News In Spite of the Newspapers: The Creation of the Federated Press Chapter Two: The 1920s, According to the Federated Press Chapter Three: The Depression Years: Jessie Lloyd Chapter Four: Julia Ruuttila and Labor in the Pacific Northwest Chapter Five: Virginia Gardner: Communism, Feminism, and the Federated Press in Wartime Chapter Six: Miriam Kolkin: From Old Left to New Left Conclusion: The Impact of the Federated Press
"Victoria Grieve speaks to this moment in our history by invoking a long-forgotten past. Taking on as her subject the Federated Press, a crucial but little-known labor news service, Grieve gives us a deeper understanding of the labor press and the role of women in it. In the 1920s, as today, the scope of the news had narrowed. Activists established the Federated Press as the answer, providing not just regional and national coverage but international news that mattered. The stories Grieve tells represent the reach of the Federated Press and its women reporters. Central to their labor advocacy was the Woman Question, debated on the Left but experienced as well in unions and workplaces and the lives of women. It's a great read and a revelation."-Elizabeth Faue, author of Writing the Wrongs: Eva Valesh and the Rise of Labor Journalism