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🚂Before she became famous for racing around the world in 72 days, journalist Nellie Bly undertook another extraordinary journey — traveling across America in 1888 to interview the nation’s living First Ladies.

She sat down with Julia Gardiner Tyler, Sarah Polk, Harriet Lane Johnston, Julia Dent Grant, Lucy Hayes, Lucretia Garfield, and Mary Arthur McElroy.

What Bly preserved was priceless: the memories, reflections, and voices of women who helped shape the White House and American public life.

At History in Two Voices, we believe those voices still matter.

That is why projects like Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler are so important. Julia Tyler was not simply “the president’s wife.” She was a media sensation, political partner, and one of the most fascinating women of the nineteenth century.

👉 Visit the blog to explore Nellie Bly’s forgotten First Lady journey — and while you’re there, you can pre-order Presidentess directly through the button on the post using our special discount code.

🔗 https://www.historyintwovoices.com/blog-1-1/the-journey-before-the-journey-when-nellie-bly-turned-her-reporters-eye-to-americas-first-ladies

❓❓Do you think enough attention has been given to the lives and voices of America’s First Ladies?

👏With thanks to University Press of Kansas and Books Forward as we prepare for the release of Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler this September!!!❤️

Nellie Bly crossed the country preserving the memories of America’s First Ladies. One of her most poignant visits was to Harriet Lane Johnston — once celebrated in the White House, later living in quiet reflection in Baltimore.

🗺️ Explore the latest installment in our Mapping the Memories of First Ladies series:
https://www.historyintwovoices.com/blog-1-1/mapping-the-first-ladies

And if you enjoy rediscovering remarkable women from America’s past, don’t forget to pre-order Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler from the University Press of Kansas, Amazon, or your local books store!

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Ohio and CWA District 4 leaders from Communications Workers of America gathered in Washington for their Presidents’ Meeting and Legislative Conference. It is an honor to stand with the working men and women who keep America running. Through collective bargaining, people create positive change from their unity

BREAKING: Dan Rather and 130 CBS legends demand David Ellison protect 60 Minutes from editorial meddling

The institution that helped bring down a presidency, expose corporate fraud, and hold the powerful accountable is now fighting for its own survival. Dan Rather, former CBS star anchor and one of the most recognizable faces in American journalism history, joined more than 130 former CBS and 60 Minutes reporters, producers, and public figures in signing a defiant open letter demanding that Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison commit to protecting the editorial independence of 60 Minutes.

The letter landed Monday and carried serious weight. Among the signees were legendary correspondent Steve Kroft, documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney, New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright, and actress Glenn Close. Together, they represent decades of journalism that shaped how Americans understand the world.

The revolt was triggered by a sweeping shakeup at the storied newsmagazine. CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss tapped Nick Bilton as the show’s new executive producer, pushing out Tanya Simon. Several on-air correspondents were fired in the process, drawing immediate condemnation from veteran anchor Scott Pelley and setting off alarms across the journalism world.

The signatories made clear this wasn’t just a dispute over personnel. They framed it as a battle over the soul of American journalism itself.

“Modernizing the show for new audiences and new delivery approaches is important,” the letter read, “but not at the cost of editorial integrity. The wholesale dismissal of editorial management, without a public pledge to maintain the values, standards, and traditions of this program, put the legacy of 60 Minutes in jeopardy.”

The letter closed with a direct challenge to Ellison: send a clear message that press freedom and editorial independence will be respected, not dismantled.

What’s at stake is bigger than one television program. 60 Minutes has been a cornerstone of accountability journalism for more than half a century. If its editorial independence can be stripped away quietly, behind closed corporate doors, no news organization is safe.

Dan Rather and his fellow signees are not going quietly. And neither should we.

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃: 𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐋𝐂

Manila, Philippines — As the 114th International Labour Conference opens in Geneva, Switzerland, the Department of Labor and Employment affirmed the Philippines’ active participation in global labor discussions, in line with the President’s directive to protect the livelihood, dignity, and welfare of Filipino workers.

The 114th ILC will discuss decent work in the platform economy, gender equality in the world of work, and social dialogue and tripartism. For the Philippines, these issues are important in making sure that new forms of work, including platform work, create opportunities while protecting workers’ rights and welfare.

𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺.






International Labour Organization

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