Peter Arnett, the Vietnam War correspondent, was open about the disdain all men felt for the women. bureau chief in Cambodia, there was no press release celebrating this singular accomplishment for a woman in a war zone. Ms. Webb preferred it that way. And she denounced feminism because she didn’t want to be seen, she later wrote, as “a six-foot, fat, pistol-whipping women’s libber” who needed special help to do what men did. Ms. Leroy fought back, recovered her press card and continued to excel.

Source: International New York Times March 20, 2021 15:00 UTC