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The first and only comprehensive collection of writings by Elizabeth Garver Jordan, the groundbreaking journalist, suffragist, and editor whose fearless reporting on women preceded the #MeToo movement and popularized the true-crime genre A Penguin Classic The first and only comprehensive collection of writings by Elizabeth Garver Jordan, the groundbreaking journalist, suffragist, and editor whose fearless reporting on women preceded the #MeToo movement and popularized the true-crime genre A Penguin Classic The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings is the first to collect Garver Jordan's fiction and journalism, much of which has been out of print for over a century. Jordan began her career as a reporter, making her name as one of few women journalists to cover the Lizzie Borden murder trial for the New York World in 1893. Jordan's distinctive, narrative-driven coverage of the Borden and other high-profile murder cases brought her national visibility, and she turned increasingly to fiction writing. Drawing on her experiences as a true-crime reporter and newspaper editor, she published detective novels and short story collections such as Tales of the City Room that explored the fine line between women's criminality and crimes against women. Employing popular genre conventions as a means of dealing with women's issues, Jordan exposed gendered abuse in the workplace and the prevalence of sexual violence. The Case of Lizzie Borden and Other Writings encourages readers to draw a historical trajectory from Jordan's pioneering literary activism to the writings of contemporary journalists and novelists whose work continues to fuel discussions of gender, feminism, and crime, raising questions about who gets to tell women's stories, especially in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

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Author:   Elizabeth Garver Jordan ,  Jane Carr ,  Lori Harrison-Kahan ,  Brooke Kroeger
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.70cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9780143137603

ISBN 10:   0143137603
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   31 October 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Brooke Kroeger Introduction by Jane Carr and Lori Harrison-Kahan Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Texts THE CASE OF LIZZIE BORDEN AND OTHER WRITINGS I Newspaper Woman: Seeing “The World” “A Mountain Preacher” (1890) From “True Stories of the News” “Jessie Adamson’s Suicide” (1890) “The Happiest Woman in New York” (1890) “A Strange Little East Side Girl” (1891) “Put Yourself in His Place” (1891) “The Silver Lining of the Cloud” (1891) From Coverage of the Lizzie Borden Murder Trial “The Case of Lizzie Borden” (1893) “Lizzie’s Dark Day” (1893) “Miss Borden’s Hope” (1893) “This is the Real Lizzie Borden” (1893) “The Newspaper Woman’s Story” (1893) “What It Means to be a Newspaper Woman” (1899) II The City Room and Beyond: Early Newspaper Fictions and Magazine Stories From Tales of the City Room “Ruth Herrick’s Assignment” (1894, 1898) “A Point of Ethics” (1898) “A Romance of the City Room” (1898) “Miss Van Dyke’s Best Story” (1898) From Tales of the Cloister “Between Darkness & Dawn” (1901) [INSERT LINE SPACE OR ORN?] “In the Case of Hannah Risser” (1902) “Mrs. Warburton’s Theories” (1908) III The New Woman Comes of Age: May Iverson and Magazine Fiction From May Iverson—Her Book “The Voice of Truth” (1904) “What Dreams May Come” (1904) From May Iverson Tackles Life “Woman Suffrage at St. Catharine’s” (1912) “I Introduce Beauty Culture” (1912) From May Iverson’s Career “My First Assignment” (1914) “The Cry of the Pack” (1914) “The Case of Helen Brandow” (1914) “The Revolt of Tildy Mears” (1914) IV Collaboration and Literary Activism: Jordan as Editor and Adviser From The Story of a Pioneer, by Anna Howard Shaw with the collaboration of Elizabeth Jordan Chapter VII: “The Great Cause” (1915) Chapter IX: “‘Aunt Susan’” (1915) (excerpt)

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"""If you’re a fan of true crime, you should know the work of pioneering journalist Elizabeth Garver Jordan. She was one of the few women to cover the Lizzie Borden and other murder trials…and did so with an innovative, narrative style that captivated the country. She championed women’s rights, denounced sexual violence, turned out detective tales and novels and if Emma Stone hasn’t optioned her story, well then Hollywood knows nothing."" —Parade"

""If you’re a fan of true crime, you should know the work of pioneering journalist Elizabeth Garver Jordan. She was one of the few women to cover the Lizzie Borden and other murder trials…and did so with an innovative, narrative style that captivated the country. She championed women’s rights, denounced sexual violence, turned out detective tales and novels and if Emma Stone hasn’t optioned her story, well then Hollywood knows nothing."" —Parade

Author Information

Elizabeth Garver Jordan (1865-1947) was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After getting her journalism start at New York World in 1890, she went on to cover the Lizzie Borden trial in 1893, published her first collection of short stories in 1898, was the editor of Harper's Bazaar for 13 years, and campaigned for the women's suffrage movement. Jane Carr (co-editor) is a writer, editor, and scholar. She is currently the social and cultural commentary editor for CNN Digital. Lori Harrison-Kahan (co-editor) is Professor of English at Boston College. She has given public talks at venues such as the Library of Congress and the 92nd Street Y.

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