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Mary Stott was a pioneering woman journalist who started her career at the age of 17 and went on to edit the Women’s Page of the Guardian for 15 years.
During this time she transformed the page from ‘traditional female’ subjects into a cutting-edge space which addressed serious matters concerning women – abortion, widowhood, loneliness, careers, illegitimacy … The most remarkable part of the page was that it drew not just on professional journalists but on readers who wrote in in large numbers about their concerns and needs. As a result a number of organisations were established to meet these needs. The Guardian set a standard of reader participation which eventually most other papers followed, thus transforming women’s pages entirely.
Throughout her life, Mary Stott also campaigned vigorously for women’s rights through the Fawcett Society and Women in Media.
About the Author
Jane W. Grant is a distinguished historian and activist within the British women’s movement, spending over thirty years as a practitioner and researcher in feminist history. Her books include In the Steps of Exceptional Women: The Story of the Fawcett Society 1866-2016, and The Other Emmeline: The Story of Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence. She holds a doctorate on women’s organisations from the University of Kent, and has been a long-standing member of the Fawcett Society (including serving on its Executive). She was also a founding member and first director of the National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO). She now serves on the committee of the Friends of the Women’s Library at the London School of Economics.
Foreword by Polly Toynbee
ISBN: 9781910996942
Mary Stott was a pioneering woman journalist who started her career at the age of 17 and went on to edit the Women’s Page of the Guardian for 15 years.
During this time she transformed the page from ‘traditional female’ subjects into a cutting-edge space which addressed serious matters concerning women – abortion, widowhood, loneliness, careers, illegitimacy … The most remarkable part of the page was that it drew not just on professional journalists but on readers who wrote in in large numbers about their concerns and needs. As a result a number of organisations were established to meet these needs. The Guardian set a standard of reader participation which eventually most other papers followed, thus transforming women’s pages entirely.
Throughout her life, Mary Stott also campaigned vigorously for women’s rights through the Fawcett Society and Women in Media.
About the Author
Jane W. Grant is a distinguished historian and activist within the British women’s movement, spending over thirty years as a practitioner and researcher in feminist history. Her books include In the Steps of Exceptional Women: The Story of the Fawcett Society 1866-2016, and The Other Emmeline: The Story of Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence. She holds a doctorate on women’s organisations from the University of Kent, and has been a long-standing member of the Fawcett Society (including serving on its Executive). She was also a founding member and first director of the National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO). She now serves on the committee of the Friends of the Women’s Library at the London School of Economics.
Foreword by Polly Toynbee
ISBN: 9781910996942