Women reporters of WW2

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🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Judith Mackrell explores the experiences of six women war correspondents who broke some of the key stories of the Second World War From the German invasion of Poland to the liberation of Paris and the discovery of Nazi concentration camps, women journalists reported on some of the pivotal moments of the Second World War. Judith Mackrell, author of Going with the Boys, charts the wartime careers of six female war correspondents who overcame significant obstacles to report from the front lines. (Ad) Judith Mackrell is the author of Going with the Boys: Six Women Writers Who Went to War (2021, Picador). Buy it now at Bookshop.org: https://go.skimresources.com?id=71026X1535947&xcust=historyextra-social-hexpod&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.bookshop.org%2Fbooks%2Fgoing-with-the-boys-six-extraordinary-women-writing-from-the-front-line%2F9781509882939 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:56.7	From the German invasion of Poland to the liberation of Paris
1:00.2	and the discovery of Nazi concentration camps,
1:03.8	women reporters covered and even broke some of the most crucial stories of the Second World War.
1:10.1	In her new book, Going with the Boys,
1:13.0	Judith McRowell charts the wartime careers of six female journalists who overcame significant
1:18.8	obstacles to report from the front lines. I spoke to her to find out more. Your new book charts the
1:25.5	careers of six women war reporters over the course of the Second
1:28.7	World War. What was it that fascinated you about these women and made you think, yep, I need to
1:34.5	write a book about that? I've always been fascinated by the Second World War. I guess for my generation,
1:41.3	it was quite recent, quite recent history.
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