The First Lady of Fleet Street
A panoramic portrait of a remarkable woman and the tumultuous Victorian era on which she made her mark, The First Lady of Fleet Street chronicles the meteoric rise and tragic fall of Rachel Beeraindomitable heiress, social crusader, and newspaper pioneer. Rich with period detail and drawing on a wealth of original material, this sweeping work of never-before-told history recounts the ascent of two of Londonas most prominent Jewish immigrant familiesathe Sassoons and the Beers. Born into one, Rachel married into the other, wedding newspaper proprietor Frederick Beer, the sole heir to his fatheras enormous fortune. Though she and Frederick became leading London socialites, Rachel was ambitious and unwilling to settle for a comfortable, idle life. She used her husbandas platform to assume the editorship of not one but two venerable Sunday newspapersathe Sunday Times and The Observeraa stunning accomplishment at a time when women were denied the vote and allowed little access to education. Ninety years would pass before another woman would take the helm of a major newspaper on either side of the Atlantic. It was an exhilarating period in Londonas historyafortunes were being amassed (and squandered), masterpieces were being created, and new technologies were revolutionizing daily life. But with scant access to politicians and press circles, most female journalists were restricted to issuing fashion reports and dispatches from the social whirl. Rachel refused to limit herself or her beliefs. In the pages of her newspapers, she opined on Whitehall politics and British imperial adventures abroad, campaigned for womenas causes, and doggedly pursued the evidence that would exonerate an unjustly accused French military officer in the so-called Dreyfus Affair. But even as she successfully blazed a trail in her professional life, Rachelas personal travails were the stuff of tragedy. Her marriage to Frederick drove an insurmountable wedge between herself and her conservative family. Ultimately, she was forced to retreat from public life entirely, living out the rest of her days in stately isolation. While the men of her era may have grabbed more headlines, Rachel Beer remains a pivotal figure in the annals of journalismaand the long march toward equality between the sexes. With The First Lady of Fleet Street, she finally gets the front page treatment she deserves.The Life of Rachel Beer: Crusading Heiress and Newspaper Pioneer Eilat Negev , Yehuda Koren ... of Charles Tilston Bright, Archibald Constable and Co., Westminster, I899; George Bradshaw, Bradshawa#39;s Railway Manual: Shareholders and Guide Directory, 1 869; j. ... Victorian News and Newspapers, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1985; Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, Masters of English journalism: A Study ofanbsp;...
| Title | : | The First Lady of Fleet Street |
| Author | : | Eilat Negev, Yehuda Koren |
| Publisher | : | Bantam - 2012-02-28 |
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