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pages 24cm |
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| Summary |
"In 1900 the young and beautiful Leonel Ross Campbell became the first female reporter to work for the Denver Post. Known as Polly Pry, she ruffled feathers when she worked to free a convicted cannibal and when she battled the powerful Telluride miners' union. She was nearly murdered more than once. And a younger female colleague once said, "Polly Pry did not just report the news, she made it!" In spite of herself, however, Campbell would become a respected journalist and establish herself as a champion for the rights of the underserved in the early twentieth century, taking up the causes of women, children, laborers, victims and soldiers of war, and prisoners"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Old Mexico, New York -- Colorado, a cave of whispers -- A cannibal and ol' plug hat -- Around the world with Polly Pry -- Tom Horn and Vincent St. John -- Parting ways with the Post -- Tell the truth and shame the devil -- Mining wars, murder, and Mother Jones, part I -- Mining wars, murder, and Mother Jones, part II -- The business of Polly Pry -- Polly Pry and Pancho Villa, part I -- Polly Pry and Pancho Villa, part II -- Lakeshore, Englewood, and poppies. |
| Source |
PubPrim 09.2018 PARS |
| Subject |
Pry, Polly.
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Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Women political activists -- United States -- Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Bricklin, Julia, 1970- author. Polly Pry Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018] 9781493034406 (DLC) 2018041444 |
| ISBN |
9781493034390 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781493034406 (ebk.) |
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