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The First Lady of Fleet Street: The Life, Fortune and Tragedy of Rachel Beer
By (author) Yehuda Koren, By (author) Eilat Negev
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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. It also provides an important history of two venerable Jewish families, their origins and their rise to eminence.
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Publisher | Biteback Publishing
Published date | 6 Sep 2012
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Format | Digital (delivered electronically)
Pages | 235
Dimensions | 0 x 0 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-8495-4460-3
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BISAC | biography & autobiography / historical
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