On C-SPAN2 this weekend: Women Journalists at the Turn of the 20th Century; Presidential Historians Survey

VIEW THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE     Explore Our Nation’s Past Discover the people and events that document the American story.   Women Journalists at the Turn of the 20th Century on Lectures in History® Watch it: 8 am, 11 am, 8 pm & 11 pm ET Saturday   Watch a preview. Iowa State University professor Tracy Lucht teaches a class about women journalists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She describes the careers of some pioneers such as Nellie Bly and Dorothy Dix and the societal pressures for women writers to balance traditional femininity and having a career in journalism.   “(Nellie Bly) also made it her mission to beat the fictitious character in Jules Verne's novel, Around the World in 80 Days. She makes a deal with her newspaper, with The New York World ... and then that becomes the story.” —TRACY LUCHT     C-SPAN's Presidential Historians Survey   on The Presidency Watch it: 2 pm ET Saturday   Watch a preview. Richard Norton Smith, Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford and Amity Shlaes talk about the results of C-SPAN’s fourth Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership.      NEW FROM C-SPAN PODCASTS   📚 THIS WEEK ON BOOKNOTES+:  British author Charles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best-known fictional characters. To learn more about Charles Dickens, his work and his visits to the United States, we spoke to Jenny Hartley, emeritus professor of English at the University of Roehampton in London. Her books include Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction, published in 2019. Click here to listen or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.     AMERICAN HISTORY TV IN PRIME TIME   Tune in to C-SPAN3 every evening next week for more American History TV programming. Programs start at 8 pm ET. Below are some highlights: Monday — Latino History Hispanic Americans in Congress   Tuesday — World War I 1916-17 World War I Peace Talks   Wednesday — Congressional History Stories from a U.S. Capitol Tour Guide   Thursday — Dwight Eisenhower The Presidency: Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum   Friday — American West History Bookshelf: Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, Blood and Treasure     About American History TV Discover the people and events that document the American story — Saturdays on C-SPAN2. Come along with American History TV to museums and historic sites. Watch archival speeches from former presidents and other national leaders. Visit classrooms, lectures and symposiums featuring professors and historians.  Every Saturday on C-SPAN2 starting at 8 am ET or online anytime at c-span.org/history.     Listen on the go: Download our free app to listen to C-SPAN Radio and C-SPAN podcasts — including American History TV's Lectures in History — anywhere, anytime.