Capturing History
September 29, 2021 Philadelphia Gay News I began my career as a journalist at 17 years old writing for the feminist press and for local independent newspapers, including this one. Yet it was never my intent to become a journalist — activism propelled me in that direction. I didn’t go to journalism school. Rather, my field was history: American studies and women’s history. I have long thought that the best journalists are those with a solid education in history. How do we repo