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My Inspiration for The Body at Carnival Bridge

During the First World War, record numbers of women entered the workplace and joined professions previously barred to them. But by the 1920s, many of the gains made towards equality were in danger of being lost...

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Who were the first female detectives in Britain?

In the Iris Woodmore Mysteries, Iris is a young journalist who turns sleuth. The novels are set in the 1920s, and there were no female detectives in the British police force at this time. But all that was about to changeā€¦

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