An Unladylike Profession offers a compelling account of the American women who reported on the First World War at a time when journalism and war correspondence were overwhelmingly dominated by men. Chris Dubbs follows more than thirty women journalists, including Edith Wharton and Nellie Bly, as they travelled from the United States to Europe and sought access to the front lines and other centres of conflict. Their reporting brought distinctly different perspectives to the war while their experiences also exposed them to political upheaval, social change, labour conditions, women's rights campaigns and revolutionary socialism. By placing these journalists within the broader history of the First World War, Dubbs combines women's history, journalism history and military history in an engaging narrative. The book is particularly valuable for readers interested in the changing role of women in journalism and the emergence of women as professional war correspondents. Chris Dubbs is an American military historian, journalist, editor and publisher. He has written extensively on American military and journalistic history, with particular attention to the First World War. His previous books include American Journalists in the Great War: Rewriting the Rules of Reporting and America's U-Boats: Terror Trophies of World War I. (AI-generated content description)