A Skirt Through History Season 1 Episode 2 A Lady's Portion
- May 13, 1994
- 29 min
The drama-documentary series about the lives of extraordinary women continues with a look at two pioneering journalists. In 1858, Victorian editor Bessie Parkes founded the first newspaper run by women for women. Fifty years later, Emilie Peacocke became one of the first women reporters to work in Fleet Street.