| Author | : Yehuda Koren |
| File Size | : 49,7 Mb |
| Publisher | : Robson Press |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 06 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : 1849543992 |
| Pages | : 0 pages |
The First Lady of Fleet Street by Yehuda Koren Book PDF Summary
Rachel Beer was both a rebel and a pioneer. In the late nineteenth century, at a time when women were still denied the vote, she became the first woman ever to edit a national British newspaper - in fact two, The Sunday Times and The Observer. It was to be over eighty years before another woman took the helm of a Fleet Street paper. However, whilst other female journalists were restricted to frocks, frills and frippery, Rachel managed to raise her formidable voice on national and foreign political issues - including the notorious Dreyfus Affair - as well as on social and women's issues, often controversially. Drawing on a wealth of original material, The First Lady of Fleet Street paints a vivid picture of a remarkable woman and of the times in which she lived.