UndauntedBy: Brooke Kroeger An essential history of women in American journalism, showcasing exceptional careers from 1840 to the present Undaunted is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put in their way to do journalisms most valued work. From Margaret Fullers improbable success to the highly paid reporters of the mid nineteenth century to the breakthrough investigative triumphs of Nellie Bly, Ida Tarbell, and Ida B.