Women have faced great obstacles through their journey into the journalism field simply because of their gender. Journalism has been present in America since colonial times when Benjamin Franklin's brother, James Franklin, published the first colonial newspaper called the "New England Courant" in 1722. By the 1770s, 89 newspapers were published in 35 cities, but all reporters were male. By 1800, there were about 234 newspapers being published. Yet again, women were absent from the news field. Women were restricted by law from becoming professional journalists and they faced significant discrimination within the profession.
Beginning in the late nineteenth century, women started to advocate for their right to work as professional journalists in North America and Europe. Anne Royall is noted as the first professional female journalist in the United States, who began her career at age 51, in 1824. That is 100 years of journalism without women...
Source: Brown, Rick. “Anne Royall: America’s First Professional Female Journalist?” Historybuff.com. http://www.historybuff.com/library/refroyall.html
Anne Royall, first professional female journalist in the U.S.
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