Book
Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II
by Penny Colman
- Published
- 2002
- Genre
- Biography
- Pages
- 128
- Words
- 15777
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 7.9
- Lexile
- 1030L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 10–13
The stories of eighteen women reporters and photographers who covered World War II despite military restrictions, discrimination, danger, and resistance from male colleagues. Drawing on photographs, newspaper material, and firsthand accounts, the book follows women who worked to report the war from the front.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780517800751
- ISBN-10
- 0517800756
Tags
ALSC NotablesBiographyCareers-JournalistHistory-World War II EraNonfictionPeople-WomenPhotographySocial Issues-Gender Equality