Winifred Black/Annie Laurie and the Making of Modern Nonfiction e-bog

Winifred Black worked in journalism from 1888 to 1936, often writing under the pseudonym Annie Laurie. Her work appeared in the Hearst papers--especially the San Francisco Examiner--and in fifty additional newspapers weekly through syndication. Black wrote 10,000 short pieces, as well as three books, a nonfiction oeuvre that combined quasi-autobiographical details with characters and scenes to provide cultural analysis for a nationwide audience. She wrote about the realities facing modern women--their work, their marriages and divorces, the violence they endured, their need for independence. Contemporary praise for Black named her "e;the world's most famous feature writer"e; and "e;one of the world's most successful reporters,"e; while her critics affixed the pejorative labels "e;stunt girl"e; and "e;sob sister."e; This study covers her influential career and gives the first serious attention to her journalism and nonfiction.