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The Autobiography of a "Newspaper Girl"

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(4,056 Sterne; 9 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)

Chapters

I Am Committed to the Charge of the Angels

11:01

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The "Angels" and What They Were Like

22:53

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I Go to Peru as a "Girl-Diplomat"

26:51

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Into the Wide, Wide World of Journalism

25:49

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In London Town

20:49

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When I Began to Starve in London

24:28

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I Become a Maidservant

22:19

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When I Found Myself a "Heroine"

26:14

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Why I Did Not Become a Salvation Army "Lassie"

13:52

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A Deal in Ancestors

27:44

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A Midnight Holocaust

15:19

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On the Bringing Out of a First Book

6:20

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An American Millionaire Hunts Me Up

20:43

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The Departure of Dinah

13:53

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Economy for Two

26:05

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An Encounter with Mrs. Lynn Linton

20:10

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Home Again, and in "The Way of Life"

25:30

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Some Questions of Journalistic Ethics

22:57

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"--And Have Not Charity"

7:24

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"In the Name of Christ"

22:21

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A Little Joyousness and Some Tragedy

19:51

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The Love-Story of Miss Johnstone, Journalist

23:15

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The Story of a "Failure"

20:34

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Some Proposals and Some Love-Letters

17:24

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An "Editorial Bouquet"

21:11

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On Interviewing and Some Interviews

23:09

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About My Enemies, and the Meanest Man I Ever Met

17:39

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Looking Backward--and Forward

19:20

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Bewertungen

Outstanding book

(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.

(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!

(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.

Excellent!

(5 Sterne)

A great writer and a great story. My only wish is that it were longer. Well read too.

berty

(5 Sterne)

Excellent story and so well read.