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An account of the remarkable life of Rachel Beer, who challenged the prejudices of Victorian England. She reached the top in journalism to become the first ever female editor of a British newspaper, The Sunday Times, only to be engulfed by disaster and lose everything.
Picture: Rachel Beer
By BBC World Service4.3
2020 ratings
An account of the remarkable life of Rachel Beer, who challenged the prejudices of Victorian England. She reached the top in journalism to become the first ever female editor of a British newspaper, The Sunday Times, only to be engulfed by disaster and lose everything.
Picture: Rachel Beer

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