Problem 1: How did women in journalism operate in a society that was not "socially designed" for their gender?
Problem 2: In Melena Ryzik's article, "Hollywood's Forgotten Heroes: Female War Correspondents," she states, "Women like Colvin--and those before her, like the British correspondent Clare Hollingworth, who broke the news of the World War II in Europe, and pioneering photojournalists like Gerda Taro and Dickey Chapelle--have been at the front of conflicts for a century or more, delivering rich material, with fascinating personal tales. And yet, "A Private War" is one of only a handful of Hollywood features that put the focus squarely on female war correspondents in the field--perhaps only the third or fourth such film in decades. By contrast, dozens have followed male correspondents abroad..." Why have these women largely been absent from history, and why is it important to make them visible?
Problem 3: Martha Gellhorn's work is often overshadowed by her marriage to Ernest Hemingway, and she is more often noted as Hemingway's third wife, rather than the intelligent and observant war correspondent that she was. After reading up on Gellhorn, what have you learned about her and her work?