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A history of the woman’s magazine

Posted by: | November 10, 2014 | No Comment |

Long before America was declared an independent country, the first magazines were being published.  From these beginnings, they largely covered the following topics: commerce, politics, manners, society, and women. Why did magazines discuss women so much? Articles about women were largely published because in both the pre and post decades of revolutionary America, where were […]

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First female sportscaster

Posted by: | September 27, 2012 | 1 Comment |

Sportscasting has traditionally been given to the public from men.  One women made it a point to change that. Jane Chastain.         Photo Credit: (left)http://www.chastaincentral.com/content/jane.; (right) https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images Chastain, a more recent photo on the left and a photo of her in 1970 on the right, broke major barriers.  She was the first women […]

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