Dickey Chapelle - War Reporter
The pioneering American woman journalist; life in Mao's China; and Harry Houdini.
The History Hour · BBC World Service
November 5, 201650m 12s
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Show Notes
On this week's programme, how pioneering American woman war reporter, Dickey Chapelle, was killed in Vietnam; plus two very different perspectives on Mao's China, Mexican writer Octavio Paz and the escape which made Harry Houdini's name.
PHOTO: Dickey Chapelle during a US Marines operation in 1958 (Credit: US Marine Corps / Associated Press)