Category Archives: cavalcade

Anne Royall, no cure for a “common scold”

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

Start with a national banking scandal (how timely) and add a tough frontier-bred woman editor who keeps her pistols handy — except when lecturing the president of the United States on the pen being mightier than the sword. The folks … Continue reading →

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Nellie Bly on the radio

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

“1885… Women are coming out of the kitchen and invading fields hitherto considered sacred to the male of the species. One of these fields is the newspaper, and the spearhead of this invasion is a girl with big soulful gray … Continue reading →

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Clark Kent vs. Horace Greeley: Heroic deeds on radio

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

As mentioned in a separate episode or two, the 1940 radio introduction of Lois Lane had her greeting Clark Kent with a sarcastic remark comparing him to Horace Greeley (1811-1872), one of the previous century’s journalistic superheroes. That got me … Continue reading →

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