Clare Mulley

Out-scooping the men: six women reporters of the second world war

Judith Mackrell describes the trials and triumphs of Martha Gellhorn, Lee Miller, Clare Hollingworth, Helen Kirkpatrick, Ruth Cowan and Virginia Cowles

Helen Kirkpatrick, photographed in 1944. She had many scoops, from the invasion of Belgium to the sniper attack on De Gaulle after the Armistice. Credit: Alamy 
issue 22 May 2021
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  • Going with the Boys: Six Extraordinary Women Writing from the Front Line

    Judith Mackrell

    Picador, pp. 456, £20

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