War From A Woman's Angle

Jeannine Baker reveals the little-known stories of the trailblazing women journalists who have reported on war. Since Agnes Macready travelled to South Africa in 1900 to write about the Boer War for the Catholic Press, Australian women have fought for the right to cover conflict. In 1914, Louise Mack defied the orders of Lord Kitchener to travel to Belgium, where she witnessed the fall of Antwerp. Katharine Susannah Pritchard reported from close to the front at Wimeraux. These pioneers of war reporting carved a path or new generations of female foreign correspondents who have built upon their legacy.   This talk was recorded at the Bendigo RSL on Tuesday 25 October 2016.    For more information on talks and other events at the Shrine, visit shrine.org.au/Whats-On.