The Women Who Transformed Journalism

This was an interesting look at the world of journalism and the key female players who paved the way for women in this industry. Some of the women mentioned I was aware of and others were a surprise. I found the diversity of women and their separate journeys into journalism in a time when women weren't encouraged to pursue this career path as fascinating. My only criticism is that there is a lot of heavy biography information about a lot of women and their husbands and children and which papers they worked for that felt a little repetitive. This book explored all the avenues of journalism that women worked in, for example news stories, politics, sport, agony aunts, horoscope writers, writers that wrote novels etc. I think if the author had condensed the number of topics discussed in this book, then the repetition of biographical information wouldn't have felt so tedious. But I think this is an interesting topic and I am pleased that it's been republished so others can read it.

Thanks to the author Liz Hodgkinson, Lume Books and NetGalley for a review copy in exchange for an honest review.