Girl Reporters: The Newswomen of Old Shanghai

By Tina Kanagaratnam | August 4th, 2022 | Books, Edna Lee Booker, Emily Hahn, Girl Reporters of Old Shanghai, Irene Kuhn, Journalists in Old Shanghai, Newspapers in Old Shanghai, Su Ling Young, Uncategorized | 0 Comment

The ranks of the foreign journalists of Old Shanghai were mostly filled by hard-bitten men, but by the 1920s, some of the city’s best and most interesting correspondents were women, or as they were known then, “girl reporters”. Born at the turn of the 20th century into a changing world, these women were the first ...