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World Service,14 Jun 2011,10 mins

Newspaper Editor Rachel Beer

Witness History

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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

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