The midcentury "Ladies of the Black Press"

Intrepid journalists who broke barriers

Literary Ladies Guide has always included journalists of the past. After all, journalists are writers, every bit as much as novelists, poets, etc. They’re storytellers who tell truth to power, go to dangerous places, and urge people to care about issues.

Women have long fought for the right to report, and even today, the playing field isn’t level in man…