Bold Types – Eyewitnesses to History

Content warning: this episode contains descriptions of war casualties, rape and violence against women Right place, right time gave some enterprising women journalists a front row seat to report on momentous events for their readers back home in Australia. Host: Amy Remeikis. Historian: Dr Patricia Clarke. Guests: Avani Dias, Sophie McNeill. Further Reading/References Articles by Anna Blackwell: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Anna%20Blackwell Articles by Janet Mitchell: trove.nla.gov.au/collection/bold-types/newspapers/explore?l-pubtag=Janet%20Mitchell 'Continental Gossip', Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April 1888, p4, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13683769 'Continental Gossip', Sydney Morning Herald, 17 May 1882, p9, nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13511422 'Continental Gossip', Sydney Morning Herald, 3 August 1883, p3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13540806 Government Bank Thrift Organiser Janet Mitchell, New South Wales, c.1930, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160439900, nla.gov.au/nla.obj-160439618 Janet Mitchell, Spoils of Opportunity: An Autobiography, London: Methuen, 1938, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2410449 Anna Blackwell, Poems, London: John Chapman, 1853, nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2063990