Women in Public Relations: Our Past, Present, and Future

• Main Author: Moore, Jaimee
• Other Authors: Lambiase, Jacqueline
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Texas 2000
• Subjects: Public relations.; Businesswomen.; journalism; history of journalism; women in journalism
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2560/

Since abolition, women have used the media to bring attention to causes and injustices in society. Issues faced by these women are some of the same issues faced by women in public relations today and possibly the future. This paper is the history of the women of pre-professional public relations in relation to their use of the media to bring about change and communicate with an audience. It also discusses the evolution of the public relations profession as it pertains to the parallel issues that the women of the first wave faced in relation to the second wave, or professional era. The paper will then synthesize these two eras in public relations and discuss the future of women in the profession as seen by researchers and women practicing at this time.