With a Typewriter and a Toothbrush: Women Reporting on World War II Podcast

With a Typewriter and a Toothbrush: Women Reporting on World War II

Natasha Simpson
Did you know that just days before the Second World War began, a woman reporter broke the news that Germany was about to attack Poland? Neither do most people, but in fact, women journalists reported on the battles, wounded men, medical personnel, refugees, civilians, and death camps of World War II. In “With a Typewriter and a Toothbrush,” host Natasha Simpson introduces listeners to the exploits and journalism of Allied women war reporters who documented the Second World War, and discusses the official regulations and societal prejudices that tried to prevent them doing their jobs.
Episode 2 | With a Typewriter and a Toothbrush: Women Reporting on World War II
Episode two of “With a Typewriter and a Toothbrush: Women Reporting on World War II" begins with Clare Hollingworth’s landing in Poland at the end of August, 1939. Host Natasha Simpson follows Hollingworth from her arrival in Poland to her escape into Rumania after the Soviet Army marches into Poland. Listeners also meet Sonia Tomara, Russian aristocrat-turned-journalist whose European tour coincided with the outbreak of the Second World War, and Betty Wason, whose grit and determination in covering the Allied counter-invasion of Norway went unappreciated by CBS, on account of her sex.
Apr 28, 2020
Episode 1  |  With a Typewriter and a Toothbrush: Women Reporting on World War II
The inaugural episode of "With a Typewriter and a Toothbrush: Women Reporting on World War II" begins in 1939, with British reporter Clare Hollingworth breaking the news that Germany was about to invade Poland. Host Natasha Simpson then takes listeners back to the Spanish Civil War, where women reported on conflict under fire, and discusses the sexism faced by all female reporters in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and Australia during the 1930s and 40s.
Apr 24, 2019
19 min