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Actor Dorothea Harahan talks about working on the film and learning about the lives of the featured reporters.

Actor Dorothea Harahan describes her new found passion for war photographer Dickey Chapelle, whom she portrayed in “No Job For a Woman.”

Journalism Historian Joyce Hoffman describes the restrictions on women war reporters during WWII.

Historian Maureen Beasely discusses how the restrictions on women reporting from the front lines led to more coverage on the perspectives of non-combatants.

Scholar Joyce Hoffmann describes why photographer Dickey Chapelle wanted to report war.

Cynthia Enloe describes the rationale for restricting women war reporters.

Journalism Historian Maurine Beasley describes what happened to the “woman’s angle” story during WWII.

War photographer Susan Meiselas talks about the process of capturing an iconic image.

War photographer Deborah Copaken Kogan discusses the challenges she faced while working in Afghanistan.

Martha Teichner describes an experience as a war reporter in South Africa. Do women cover war differently war than men?

NPR Middle East Correspondent Deborah Amos describes how she knows when she’s found a war story.

Times of London correspondent Janine Di Giovanni describes the moral dilemma of covering a war.

Actor Elyse Mirto on portraying Martha Gellhorn.

Journalism historian Maurine Beasley describes Ruth Cowan’s reporting during WWII.

Journalism Historian Maurine Beasley explains how the restrictions on women reporters affected their reporting.

The audience reaction to “No Job For a Woman”, directed by Michele Midori Fillion, sneak preview screening at the Intrepid Air Sea and Space Museum.

Before World War II, war reporting was considered NO JOB FOR A WOMAN. But when American female reporters fought and won access to cover the war, there was another battle to fight: Women would be banned from the frontlines, prevented from covering Front Page stories, and assigned “woman’s angle” stories. Instead, they turned their second-class […]