Canadian Women in Print, 1750–1918

By Carole Gerson

6

Periodicals and Journalism

Carole Gerson

Chapter 6 shows how the rise of women’s journalism offered specific opportunities that coalesced in the founding of the Canadian Women’s Press Club in 1904.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Release date: May 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781554582396

Carole Gerson

Born in Montreal, Carole Gerson is a professor in the English Department at Simon Fraser University. Her research on Canadian literary and publishing history and on early Canadian women writers has resulted in many publications, including two books on Pauline Johnson. She was a member of the editorial team for the major three-volume project History of the Book in Canada, for which she co-edited volume 3, covering the period 1918–1980.