Author: SCHULTS, RAYMOND L.
Title: Crusader in Babylon: W.T. Stead and the "Pall Mall Gazette"
Description: Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1972. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. Ex-Library; B & W ; 6 1/2 x 9 1/4"; xvi,277 pages; Hard cover has tan spine with red lettering. Missing DJ. Former library book w/ typical markings. Pages are clean and tight, does not appear to have been a popular book in the library. Illustrated with some b/w photographs. 'William Thomas Stead (5 July 1849 – 15 April 1912) was an English newspaper editor who, as a pioneer of investigative journalism, became a controversial figure of the Victorian era. Stead published a series of hugely influential campaigns whilst editor of The Pall Mall Gazette, including his 1885 series of articles, The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon. These were written in support of a bill, later dubbed the "Stead Act", that raised the age of consent from 13 to 16. ' Bibliography; index.. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Biography; Publishers; Newspapers; Newspaper History; Social History; Social Activism; Cultural History; Political Activism; English History; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Education European History Geography English/British History Biography/Mem