Hot Topic: Press Portrayals of Women Politicians 1870s-2000s

Hot Topic: Press Portrayals of Women Politicians 1870s-2000s

Location

Watkins Museum of History
1047 Massachusetts Street
Lawrence Kansas 66044
Kansas US
Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 11:30am

Coffee at 11:30a, program at noon.

Press Portrayals of Women Politicians, 1870s-2000s, explores how media coverage of women in politics has and has not changed over the last 150 years

With more women than ever before running major campaigns for president, KU journalism professor Teri Finneman discusses the history of women in politics from the 1870s-2000s and how media coverage of women politicians has and has not changed over the last 150 years. She'll also discuss the public's responsibility in ensuring fair coverage of women candidates.