In September 1900, a 22-year-old journalist traveled from Philadelphia to the anthracite-laden hills and valleys of Schuylkill County. Her name was Esther Nixon, a former dancer and dance instructor who had taken up the pen as a powerful female voice on the staff of newspapers in her home city of Philadelphia and in the cities of the Midwest. Her stories were attributed to “Edythe Langdon,” and her columns examined political and social issues of…
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.