Research:
Some of the Donna Allen papers are located at
the National Women and Media Collection at the University of Missouri.
Other Donna Allen papers and documents are located at
the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.

Some of the Donna Allen's
Media Philosophy and Writings:
Six Point Communication Program for Restructuring the World's Communications System on the Basis of Democracy
Women's Two Level Communications System
A Radical Feminist Analysis of Mass Media
Three Principles of Feminist Journalism
Seven Realities for a Respectful and Peaceful Communications System
A NEW PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATIONS

A Few of Donna Allen's Articles:
Media Accountability Systems of American Women

Article in The Quill Magazine "The Eight Characteristics of Women's Media that are different in our Media from Men's Media and the Five Categories of Women's News"
Article in the Spring 1973 issue of Women Strike for Peace Memo "Male Manipulation of the Mass Media - If Women Had More Media Power Would the Press Be More Free?"

Other Links

Donna Allen Memorial

Selected Books and Biographical Materials

"Seeking Equity for Women in Journalism and Mass Communication Education, A 30-Year Update," edited by Ramona R. Rush, Carol E. Oukrop, and Pamela J. Creedon. (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, NY, 2004)

"Reason and Radicalism: The History of Donna Allen And Women's Activism in Media," by Danna L. Walker, 2003. Ph.D. Dissertation.

"Inadequate Media and the Failure of the National Health Insurance Proposal in the late 1940's," by Donna Allen, 1971. Ph.D. Dissertation.

20th Anniversary of the National Women and Media Collection in 2007

The July and August, 2007, celebration included an exhibit on Donna Allen:

The Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia, MO, in 2007 has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Women and Media Collection. As part of the celebration, they have had rotating exhibits in the lobby highlighting some of the more prominent collections. Donna Allen was featured July and August, 2007.

Thanks to:
Jennifer S. Lukomski
Senior Manuscript Specialist

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