Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl

Banks, Elizabeth L.

In the 1890s American journalist Elizabeth L. Banks became an international phenomenon through a series of newspaper articles. Disguising herself in various costumes, Banks investigated and made public the working conditions of women in London. Writing from the perspective of an American girl, she explored and exposed a variety of employment, ranging from parlor maid to flower girl to American heiress. Banks demonstrated the capability of women for positions in journalism long held only by men.

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The daring firsthand account of an early American stunt journalist who went undercover in disguise to expose class and labor conditions in late Victorian London.

EAN

9780299189440

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Published

29 September 2003

Pages

280

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  £81.99