Picture No | 11801117 |
Date | 1909 |
Description | Lady Sarah Wilson |
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Lady Sarah Wilson, RRC (1865 - 1929), born Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Spencer-Churchill, the daughter of the 7th Duke of Marlborough whose 'Recollections of South Africa' were being published by Messrs. Edward Arnold in the autumn of 1909. These were billed as being 'looked forward to with more than ordinary interest'. The first woman war correspondent in 1899, when she was recruited by Alfred Harmsworth to cover the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Second Boer War.
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Source | Photograph by Lafayette in 'The Tatler', 13 October 1909, page 42 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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