Striving

Adventures of a Female Journalist in a Man's World, a True Story

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Jo Thomas

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Readers who loved the fictional Jo March in Little Women will love this thrilling memoir by New York Times journalist Jo Thomas, a real-life Jo March who refused to give up when men said journalism was not for a woman. Jo was a young housewife when she first went to work for an Ohio newspaper that had not hired a woman in 20 years. The men shunned her, but she discovered people and issues they ignored and wrote about them. Follow her through ruined neighborhoods in Cincinnati, the underworld of Detroit, the office of a scientist who did covert experiments for the CIA, the admiral responsible for finding survivors of America's nuclear tests, the Cuban side of the Mariel boatlift, Northern Ireland during the Troubles, and the white right-wing enclaves in the American heartland after the Oklahoma City bombing. At home, Jo loses and gains a family. At work, she never becomes "One of the boys." Her story speaks to the struggles of women of all ages. Come along for the journey.

Author Biography:

Jo Thomas wrote for The New York Times over a period of 26 years, as an investigative reporter based in Washington, D.C; chief of the Miami/Caribbean Bureau, a London correspondent, national correspondent, and an assistant national editor, writing for every section of the newspaper: science, business, travel, style, sports, The New York Times Magazine, and the Book Review.She is a summa cum laude graduate of Wake Forest University, which gave her a Distinguished Service Citation in 1983. The Society of Professional Journalists in Cincinnati inducted her into their Hall of Fame in 2014, the same year the Irish American Unity Conference established the Jo Thomas Award for Courage in Journalism based on her coverage of events in Northern Ireland. Jo is the mother of two daughters and has three grandchildren.

Release date NZ

October 6th, 2023

Author

Jo Thomas

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

434

Dimensions

152x229x29

ISBN-13

9798988930822

Product ID

38459886

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