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Sheila Black | |
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| Born | 6 May 1920 |
| Died | September 2007, (age 87) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Newspaper columnist |
| Notable credit | Financial Times |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 2 |
Sheila Black (6 May 1920 – September 2007)[1] was women's editor of the Financial Times and the first female journalist to work for the paper.[2]
Early life
editBlack was born in Ceylon,[2] where her father was a businessman.[3] She was educated in Dorset in the United Kingdom[2] before attending finishing school in Switzerland.[3] Although her parents intended for her to marry a member of the Foreign Office or a high ranking military official[2] she choose to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and became an actress.[3]
Career
editBlack was hired by the Financial Times in 1959.[1] She created the paper's How to Spend It page in 1967.[3] The page would go on to become a pull out magazine with accompanying website some time after she left the paper.
Personal life
editBlack married twice. She had two children, a son and a daughter with her first husband.[3] In 1964 Black was one of ten British women who swam the English Channel. The group planned to wear their swiming costumes whilst entering and exiting the water but otherwise to swim nude.[4]
Whilst working at the Financial Times Black had an affair with the paper's editor, Gordon Newton.[3]
Bibliography
edit- The Reluctant Money Minder (1980) Whittet Books Ltd ISBN 0-905483-17-0
References
edit- ^ a b "Last Word : 28th December 2007". Last Word. BBC. 11 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d Brodzky, Vivian (1966). Fleet Street:the inside story of journalism. Macdonald.
- ^ a b c d e f Sue Cameron (21 December 2007). "Obituary: FT's first female writer". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Reuters (15 August 1964). "British Swimmers Wearing 'Topless-Bottomless' Style". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
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