The age-herald., 1899-03-23
Women in NeMspaper Work.

The following interesting statistics in re- gard to newspapers which were edited and controlled by women have been furnished by a prominent Birmingham club woman;
 The first daily newspaper printed in the English language was established and edit ed by a woman, Elizabeth Mallott, in Lon don two hundred years ago.
 In her salutatory she said she had estab- lished a newspaper to spare the public half the mpertinenee which the ordinary papers contain.
 The first newspaper published in America, of which there is any record, was in Massachusetts. It was called "The Man chester Gazett News Letter." After the death of it's editor the widow Margaret Croper edited 1t in the most spirited man. ner for two or more years. It was the only paper that did not suspend publication when Boston was beseiged by the British.
 In 1775 Mrs Elizabeth Timothy published and edited a paper in Charleston, s. c. After the revolution Anna Timothy became its editor and was appointed state printer, which position she held seventeen years.
 Mary Cromb published a paper in Charleston about the same time in special opposition to the stamp act'' She after wards removed her paper to Salem Mass ana continued It's publication Tor three years longer
 In 17S2 Rhode Island issued it's first news paper. It was owned and edited by Mrs Anna Franklin. She and her two daugh- ters did the printing and their servants worked the press. History says her quick ness and correctness secured her the ap- fpointment of printer to the colony, sup plying pamphlets and such things for the coloAial offices She also printed an edi- tion of the colonial laws of 340 pages.
 In 1776 Sarah Goddard printed a paper in Newport R. l., ably conducting it. After wards she consolidated with John Carter. The firm was announced Sarah Goddard & Co.
 When we see in our own times the abili- ty women have displayed in the conduct ing of such large enterprises as fell to Mrs. Nubolron of the Picayune of New Orleans and Frank Leslie's wife of a paper in New York, rasing it from bank ruptcy to success in both cases argues well for woman's ability and business judg- ment.
 na The first number of what is claimed to be the first woman's newspaper ever produced in Great Britain was published last week It is called the Woman's Weekly. c. J. Tibbits, the editor, says of the venture "Although the female population of Great Britain and Ireland considerably exceeds the male, there is not g single newspaper in exstance that caters exclusively to wo- Hieh reduerS. UT couTSes there are ScoreS of excellent magazines and papers devoted generally to fashion, the home, social and kindred subjects, but so far as the count less ventures of the daily is concerned that appeal with special force to women, no paper has as yet been established to record them. The Woman's Weekly will thus be absolutely unique in this country. It con- sists of IS pages News of all kinds of in- terest to women-general, law, society, so- cial, etc.-will find a place in it's columns, which will be illustrated by corps of clever artists. The news will be written in a bright, attractive manner, and will con- tain tid-bits of information supplied by the cleverest women Journalists of the day. There are those who say that women don't want and won't buy a newspaper. My an swer is, that no newspaper has ever yet been printed that tried to make itself use full and attractive to women alone. Women want a newspaper of the right kind.'