From Djuna Barnes' 1914 account of being force-fed to end her hunger strike, to Eleanor Roosevelt's 1938 'My Day' column, to Rose George's 2004 article about gang rapes in France, this collection provides a broad and deep look at reporting by women in the past century. Eschewing conventional reporting techniques long before the advent of new journalism, many of these writers offer passionate advocacy for women's rights and against social injustices. Emma Goldman protests World War I, Martha Gellhorn chronicles conditions at Dachau prison camp, Alice Walker speaks out for abortion rights, and Helen Fielding presents an excerpt from Bridget Jones's Diary. Other featured writers include Daphne du Maurier, Nellie Bly, Erica Jong, Pauline Kael, Naomi Wolf, and Zelda Fitzgerald. The section 'Emancipation and Having It All,' with contributions from 1914 through 2005, illustrates how long women have agonized over balancing the desires for family life and career.