The life story of this daring news reporter, globetrotter, and advocate for women's rights is presented chronologically from birth to death.

Traces the story of the playwright, Congresswoman, and first American female to be appointed to a major ambassadorial position abroad, covering such topics as her advocacy of women's equality and the deep personal losses that shaped her life.

At the New York Times, Judith Miller covered national politics, becoming deputy at the powerful Washington bureau via Cairo and Paris. She reported on terrorism, the rise of fanatical Islam, and on secret biological weapons programs. She covered an administration traumatized by 9/11 and anthrax attacks, and shared a Pulitzer Prize. And she went to jail to protect her sources. Now Miller turns her journalistic skills on herself and her controversial...

The story of how the women of the Times--from prize-winning reporters to accountants and clerks--sought to gain respect and parity in jobs and pay, and to make the paper live up to its own ideals. It is the story of their struggle to gain equality with men at the world's most respected newspaper.

"Known for her extraordinary and record-breaking trip around the world and her undercover investigation of a mental institution, Nellie Bly was one of the first female investigative reporters in the United States and a pioneer in the field of journalism"--

"Nellie Bly was known as an investigative reporter, but what about before that? Find out what happened when Bly was younger, and what she did that made her famous later on."--