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How Did This Women-Owned Newspaper Revolutionize Journalism?

Season 25 Episode 11 | 7m 08s

In 1850s America, one women-led newsroom blazed a trail for women's rights, shifting the media landscape and ultimately affecting how we see and cover "women's" issues today.

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