Nor Were They All Men

By Dan Doherty

In a politically-charged place and time, turn of the century 1900, North Dakota, the newspaper publishing business could be quite challenging. Especially for a woman newspaper publisher. After suffering the loss of her newspaper- publishing husband at an early age, Ritchie B. Doherty picked up her husband's trade, primarly to keep food on the table for her family of five children and took on the challenges and difficulties that followed. Nor Were They All Men tells the true life story of Ritchie B. Doherty, who in the face of physical hardships, professional challenges, and gender biases, rose above all these with grace and determination as told by the actual newspaper articles written about her at the time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: Dec 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781644684351

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Nor Were They All Men

Dan Doherty

Copyright © 2020 Dan Doherty

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For my great-great-grandmother, Dan Doherty

Recognition of being outstanding in a certain field can be a double-edged sword. Some would recognize and honor the accomplishments, while others would only see a challenge to the meritocracy or status quo and seek to destroy the challengers.

Ritchie Bertha Doherty was an outspoken, convictive wife, mother, widow, and newspaper publisher in the late 1890s and early 1900s.

After suffering the loss of her newspaper publishing husband, C. B. C. Doherty, Sister Doherty, as she was affectionately referred to by the heavily male-dominated newspaper industry, picked up her husband’s trade. primarily in an effort