From making PR macho to making PR feminist: The battle over values in a female-dominated field

Seeking Equity for Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education: A 30-Year Update

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 223-244

  Creedon, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410610799     Document Type: Chapter

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