The gendered nature of the relationship between the press and emergence of cultural citizenship from the 1860s to the 1930s is explored through original data and insightful comparisons between India, Britain and France in this integrated approach to women's representation in newspapers, their role as news sources and their professional activity.

Jane Chapman is Professor of Communications, Lincoln University, UK, a visiting Fellow at Wolfson College and the Centre for South Asian Studies, Cambridge, and Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University, Australia. She has eight books in media history, journalism and documentary and runs grants for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC) and the British Academy.