SOB SISTERS:
THE IMAGE OF THE FEMALE JOURNALIST
IN POPULAR CULTURE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PRE-1900
Joe Saltzman and the IJPC 2003©
Revised January 2006
Pre-1900
1900-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-1995
1995-2000
2000-2006
EDITOR'S NOTE: A work in progress, this bibliography is still being proofread and fact-checked. Titles alone contain incomplete information. The bibliography is meant to be used with the Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture (IJPC) Database© available exclusively to IJPC Associates.
INTRODUCTION
Female journalists appear in the following films, television and radio programs, novels and short stories, plays, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, art works, songs, games and commercials. Some are newshawks who act more like detectives than journalists. Others are investigative reporters, editors, publishers, columnists, foreign and war correspondents, cubs, critics, photojournalists, sportswriters, freelance journalists, urban and country newspaperwomen, or anonymous reporters shouting out questions. Also included are public relations practitioners and press agents. Some are central characters. Others make a brief appearance and then disappear forever. Many are simply part of a pack of anonymous reporters who show up for a press conference or a news report. All leave impressions in the minds of the audience.
This is as complete a list of female journalists in films, TV and radio programs and fiction as ever compiled, but as with any such endeavor, there may be errors and omissions. Please e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to correct any errors or add any items that are not included. Your help is appreciated.
For details on any of these items as well as copies of films, TV and radio programs, and fiction that are not commercially available, please consult the IJPC Database© available exclusively to IJPC members.
CATEGORIES
Categories appear in the following order:
M - Movies is the Default Category - Anything without any other designation is M. This designation includes theatrical films, made-for television movies, and TV miniseries. It also includes purely foreign titles.
T - Television includes TV series followed by specific episodes of TV series. It also includes purely foreign titles.
R - Radio includes radio series followed by specific episodes of radio series.
F - Fiction includes novels, short stories, plays (including musicals), juvenile books, sketches,
fictional characters and poetry.
C - Cartoons
CB - Comic Books
CS - Comic Strips
CC - Commercials
D - Documentary, News, Non-Fiction
G - Games
MUS - Music, Songs
A - Art
SOB SISTERS:
THE IMAGE OF THE FEMALE JOURNALIST
IN POPULAR CULTURE
(FILMS, TV, RADIO, NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, PLAYS, POETRY,
SONGS, ART, CARTOONS, COMICS, GAMES, COMMERCIALS)
Joe Saltzman and the IJPC©2003
1700
Female Tatler, The (F)
1722
Silence Dogood (F)
1736
Monitor (F)
1747
New Play Criticiz'd, The; Or, The Plague of Envy (F)
(Lady Critic is believed to be the first woman to be designated as a critic
in the dramatis personae of a Restoration or 18th century play)
1841
Character Sketches: Fashionable Authoress, The (F)
1843
Lost Illusions (F)
1846
Widow Priscilla Bedott (F)
1847
Mrs. Partington (F)
1850
History of Pendennis, The (F)
1855
Ruth Hall: Domestic Tale for the Present Time, A (F)
1859
Lizzie West, Printer's Daughter, a Tale of Filial Heroism (F)
1871
My Wife and I (F)
1872
Five Hundred Majority (F)
1874
Earthen Pitchers (F)
1879
Paper City, A (F)
1880
Ben Hur: Tale of the Christ, A (F)
1881
Gentleman of Leisure, A (F)
Portrait of a Lady, The (F)
1882
Modern Instance, A (F)
1883
Woman's Reason, A (F)
1888
Man in the Corner, The (F)
1889
Freeburgers, The (F)
Reverberator, The (F)
1891
Flying Trip Around the World, A (F)
Juggernaut (F)
Lost City, The (F)
1892
Avenged on Society (F)
Girl Reporter, The (F)
Newspaper Girl, The (F)
Story of Chris, The (F)
1893
Miss Millie's Trying (F)
1894
Miss Jerry: Adventures of a Female Reporter
(Believed to be the first motion picture play:
still pictures with spoken words delivered from the stage)
Beginning, The (F)
Campaigns of Curiosity, Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London (F)
Daughter of To-Day, A: Novel, A (F)
Modern Amazon, A: Novel, A (F)
Ships That Pass In The Night (F)
Story of a Modern Woman, The (F)
1895
As Queer As She Could Be (F)
Beyond Human Power (F)
Deane Girls, The: Home Story, A (F)
Interview with Miss Marlenspuyk (F)
Man And His Womankind, A (F)
Next Time, The (F)
Three-And-Twenty (F)
1896
Feasts of Autolycus, The: Diary of a Greedy Woman, The (F)
Sweet Disorder, A (F)
1897
Candle in the Plate, A (F)
Frances Waldeaux (F)
Niobe (F)
Patience Sparhawk (F)
1898
Among Thorns. Novel, A (F)
Bachelor Girl in London, A (F)
Circle in the Sand, A (F)
Comrades in Arms (F)
Life's Fitful Fever (F)
Miss Secretary Ethel: Story for Girls of Today, A (F)
Tale of An Amateur Adventuress: Autobiography of Esther Gray, The (F)
Tales of the City Room (F)
Tales of the City Room: "At the Close of the Second Day" (F)
Tales of the City Room: "Love Affair of Chesterfield Jr., The" (F)
Tales of the City Room: "Miss Van Dyke's Best Story" (F)
Tales of the City Room: "Mrs. Ogilvie's Local Color" (F)
Tales of the City Room: "Point of Ethics, A" (F)
Tales of the City Room: "Romance of the City Room, A" (F)
Tales of the City Room: "Ruth Herrick's Assignment" (F)
1899
Active Service (F)
Averages: Story of New York, A (F)
Freeburgers, The (F)
Jennie Baxter (F)
Madam Paradox: Novel, A (F)
Newspaper Girl, The (F)
Their Silver Wedding Journey (F)