No Job For a Woman

No Job For a Woman

61 mins | Documentary | April 10, 2011

Martha Gellhorn, Ruth Cowan, Dickey Chappelle: Three tenacious journalists who forged legendary reputations as war correspondents during a time when battlefields were considered no place for a woman. Their repeated delegation to the sidelines to cover the “woman’s angle” succeeded in expanding the focus of war coverage to bring home a new kind of story— a personal look at the human cost of war. Featuring an abundance of archival photos and interviews with modern female war correspondents, as well as actresses bringing to life the written words of these remarkable women.

No Job For a Woman

61 mins | Documentary | April 10, 2011

No Job For a Woman
Martha Gellhorn, Ruth Cowan, Dickey Chappelle: Three tenacious journalists who forged legendary reputations as war correspondents during a time when battlefields were considered no place for a woman. Their repeated delegation to the sidelines to cover the “woman’s angle” succeeded in expanding the focus of war coverage to bring home a new kind of story— a personal look at the human cost of war. Featuring an abundance of archival photos and interviews with modern female war correspondents, as well as actresses bringing to life the written words of these remarkable women.
Producers Hurry Up Sister Productions
Original title No Job For a Woman
Directors Michele Midori Fillion
Writers

Cast

Dorothea Harahan

as Dickey Chapelle

Kathleen McNenny

as Ruth Cowan

Elyse Mirto

as Martha Gellhorn

Julianna Margulies

as Self - Narrator