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| Ruminations
of Robertine Barry |
By
Nicole Burgers
At my newspaper,
La Journal de la Françoise, it has been part of my
mandate to take one or two women per year under my guidance to teach
them the craft and become bona fide journalists. I have been doing
this “teaching” work now since 1899 and have turned out
some interesting talent. Yes, it's hard to believe it's been about
five years! I think it is important for us to continue to learn and
improve as journalists and that is why I could not turn down Miggsy
when she called me and asked if I would like to cover the World’s
Fair in St. Louis.
I did not hesitate. This is a rare opportunity to witness history
in the making and to be around other women journalists who face the
same prejudiced naysayers who keep bellowing that we should remain
in the kitchen, raising the children. Don’t get me wrong, this
is a terribly important task for women, but there are a lot of us
out there who feel that we have other things to offer to the world
- the gift of prose and the ability to provide a different perspective
on the goings on in the world.
Well, you can imagine a train car full of energetic, independent women
full of opinions and vigour!
We spent most of the train ride devising a plan of how we would get
started. We named our club and even our executive! I'll admit I was
rather reluctant at first since there are already so many social clubs.
But women spend enough time at events fighting back the men journalists
and menfolk alike who try to elbow us out of the way because they
feel we should remain at home.
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