The Autobiography of a "Newspaper Girl"
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Elizabeth L. Banks
(3,938 Sterne; 8 Bewertungen)
Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist and author. She grew up in Wisconsin, then lived in England the last forty years of her life. She became a regular contributor to English publications such as The Daily News, Punch, St James' Gazette, and London Illustrated. She created a sensation by recording her observations on the plight of the lower classes, which she researched posing as a housemaid, street sweeper, and Covent Garden flower girl. Her later journalistic writings promoted women's right to vote and denounced prison conditions for jailed suffragettes. This memoir was written about 10 years into her career, when she was better known but was not financially secure.
Her public-facing accounts of her "undercover" work are related in Campaigns of Curiosity - Summary by TriciaG and Wikipedia (9 hr 25 min)
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Outstanding book
Karen Bromberg
(5 Sterne)
First if all, this book is excellent. I love how the author shares her experiences as a journalist so beautifully. Secondly, I enjoyed TriciaG's reading, in my opinion, she vividly reads so well, this made the book extraordinary.
Interested Reader
(5 Sterne)
A great and entertaining autobiography of a clever and resourceful woman. The author’s writing style is wonderful and very agreeable to listen to, and thank you to the reader for bringing it to life!
Stand Tall
(4,5 Sterne)
absolutely a all around winner! it has interest, and some very interesting cultural comparisons between the American and the British people at this time.
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berty
(5 Sterne)
Excellent story and so well read.