Newswomen's Club of New York

The Newswomen's Club of New York is a nonprofit organization that focuses on women working in the media in the New York City metropolitan area. It was founded in 1922 as the New York Newspaper Woman’s Club[1] and included such well-known individuals as Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Rogers Reid and Anne O'Hare McCormick among its membership; it changed its name in 1971[1] to include members working in magazines and broadcast media.[2] The organization presents its Front Page Award annually to honor the most prominent achievements by women in journalism.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "History". The Newswomen’s Club of New York. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ Maurine Hoffman Beasley; Holly Cowan Shulman; Henry R. Beasley (2000). The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing. pp. 379–380. ISBN 978-0313301810.
  3. ↑ Bill Hutchinson (October 9, 2013). "Five Newsers win journalism honors from the Newswomen's Club of New York". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2015-08-04.


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