{"product_id":"superwoman-and-other-writings-by-miriam-michelson-paperback","title":"Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam Michelson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLori Harrison-Kahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMiriam Michelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLori Harrison-Kahan\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam Michelson \u003c\/em\u003eis the first collection of newspaper articles and fiction written by Miriam Michelson (1870-1942), best-selling novelist, revolutionary journalist, and early feminist activist. Editor Lori Harrison-Kahan introduces readers to a writer who broke gender barriers in journalism, covering crime and politics for San Francisco's top dailies throughout the 1890s, an era that consigned most female reporters to writing about fashion and society events. In the book's foreword, Joan Michelson-Miriam Michelson's great-great niece, herself a reporter and advocate for women's equality and advancement-explains that in these trying political times, we need the reminder of how a \"girl reporter\" leveraged her fame and notoriety to keep the suffrage movement on the front page of the news.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction, Harrison-Kahan draws on a variety of archival sources to tell the remarkable story of a brazen, single woman who grew up as the daughter of Jewish immigrants in a Nevada mining town during the Gold Rush. \u003cem\u003eThe Superwoman and Other Writings by Miriam Michelson \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a cross-section of Michelson's eclectic career as a reporter by showcasing a variety of topics she covered, including the treatment of Native Americans, profiles of suffrage leaders such as Susan B. Anthony and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and police corruption. The book also traces Michelson's evolution from reporter to fiction writer, reprinting stories such as \"In the Bishop's Carriage\" (1904), a scandalous picaresque about a female pickpocket; excerpts from the \u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post \u003c\/em\u003eseries, \"A Yellow Journalist\" (1905), based on Michelson's own experiences as a reporter in the era of Hearst and Pulitzer; and the title novella, \u003cem\u003eThe Superwoman, \u003c\/em\u003ea trailblazing work of feminist utopian fiction that has been unavailable since its publication in \u003cem\u003eThe Smart Set \u003c\/em\u003ein 1912. Readers will see how Michelson's newspaper work fueled her imagination as a fiction writer and how she adapted narrative techniques from fiction to create a body of journalism that informs, provokes, and entertains, even a century after it was written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLori Harrison-Kahan is associate professor of the practice of English at Boston College. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe White Negress: Literature, Minstrelsy, and the Black-Jewish Imaginary\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoan Michelson is the great-great niece of Miriam Michelson and an award-winning, creative social impact leader, journalist, coach, and public speaker. She is also executive producer and host of the acclaimed podcast Green Connections Radio about remarkable women in STEM who are changing the world and what others can learn from them.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737630838847,"sku":"9780814343579","price":79.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/01de80a03cb215f51f9528949ef3f792.webp?v=1765150551","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/superwoman-and-other-writings-by-miriam-michelson-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}