{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Broad History","title":"\"I refuse to be a footnote\" – the women who invented literary journalism","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b70cdf4e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2672,"description":"Julia Cooke, author of Starry and Restless, joins me to bring back three women who were household names in their day — Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn, and Mickey Hahn — pioneering journalists who covered wars, crossed borders, and revolutionised literary nonfiction decades before the men usually credited with inventing it. We talk about why these women's fame didn't survive them, the challenges of resurrecting female legacy, and what it meant — then and now — to want both a roaming career and a life with people you love.Sign up for the newsletter.What do you think?Read & comment at broadhistory.comEmail me: isa@broadhistory.comJump to: Get the book🇬🇧 Shop in the UK bookshop 🇺🇸 Shop in the US bookstore(Affiliate bookshop.org links support Broad History and indie bookstores.)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BR4UAONFPtQAbjdCzu8sEpojROQm7IqAM92ijb46AcU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OTBh/ODM0NDQ4YTcwNzVh/NmYzNDk2NWU3NmIz/MWJiZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}