Elsie Robinson was not simply one of the 20th century’s most prominent women journalists: “I am not a columnist. I am a factory,” Robinson wrote to her editor at Hearst. “You’ve not been getting a feature. You have been getting mass production for nearly 20 years.” From creating the Oakland Tribune’s first children’s section to penning relationship advice articles to becoming Hearst’s highest paid newswoman wither her “Listen, World!” column, Robinson wrote thousands of pieces over the course of her career. A new book by Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert, “Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America’s Most-Read Woman,” chronicles Robinson’s storied tenure in the field.
Origen: How One Journalist Became the 20th Century’s Most-Read Woman – Nieman Reports
