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This article examines the groundbreaking contributions of Jane Dixon as a New York City sportswriter in the 1920s. She typified the way that most women entered the field: by writing about male sports from a so-called 'woman's angle. 'Her stories were especially noteworthy for two reasons: she covered the bloody and unseemly world of boxing more prolifically than perhaps any other woman of the time, thus standing out as a pioneer among her gender; and, despite being assigned to write from a woman's angle that inevitably stressed stereotypically feminine interests, she also used her writing as a forum to support a progressive feminist agenda. 7bus, she reflected the wider, conflicted mood faced by women of the era, who found themselves caught between progressive feminism and a cultural backlash that sought to reprioritize marriage and domesticity.

This article examines the groundbreaking contributions of Jane Dixon as a New York City sportswriter in the 1920s. She typified the way that most women entered the field: by writing about male sports from a so-called "woman's angle." Her stories were especially noteworthy for two reasons: she covered the bloody and unseemly world of boxing more prolifically than perhaps any other woman of the time, thus standing out as a pioneer among her gender; and, despite being assigned to write from a woman's angle that inevitably stressed stereotypically feminine interests, she also used her writing as a forum to support a progressive feminist agenda. Thus, she reflected the wider, conflicted mood faced by women of the era, who found themselves caught between progressive feminism and a cultural backlash that sought to reprioritize marriage and domesticity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]