Women's Journey in Journalism with Brooke Kroeger

Join the History Center for a headline-worthy program on Sunday, May 5 as we welcome acclaimed author, journalist, and professor emerita at New York University Brooke Kroeger for a special talk on her book “Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism.”

Presented in partnership with the Women’s Press Club of Pittsburgh, Kroeger will discuss how women went from the margins to the mainstream in newsrooms across the nation over the past two centuries. Featuring Western Pennsylvania women such as Jane Grey Swisshelm, Ida Tarbell, and Rachel Carson, “Undaunted” examines how women changed journalism, reclaimed their voices, and blazed new trails in a field dominated by men.

Following Kroeger’s talk, enjoy a panel discussion with members of the Women’s Press Club that reflects on women’s evolving role in journalism and considers how future generations will continue to rewrite history.

The event will fittingly commemorate the 160th birthday of legendary Apollo, Pa., journalist Nellie Bly, who famously pioneered a new era of investigative journalism in 1887 after her undercover stories for the New York World exposed atrocities committed at the Blackwell’s Island Insane Asylum.

Before and after the program, learn more about the intrepid Western Pa. women who fearlessly pursued stories in search of the truth in the History Center’s new exhibition, A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh.