While in Egypt FS
had the good fortune of meeting C. F. Moberly Bell
, who became influential in advancing her career in journalism.
Callaway, Helen, and Dorothy O. Helly. “Crusader for Empire: Flora Shaw / Lady Lugard”. Western Women and Imperialism: Complicity and Resistance, edited by Nupur Chaudhuri and Margaret Strobel, Indiana University Press, 1992, pp. 79-97.
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In 1899 she first met the wealthy empire-builder Cecil Rhodes
Health
Flora Shaw
Early in 1892 FS
fell ill with influenza, exacerbated by anxiety over her career. Her boss, C. F. Moberly Bell
, sent her on a trip to South Africa to recover her health as well...
Material Conditions of Writing
Flora Shaw
She eventually secured the post through the advocacy of C. F. Moberly Bell
. Initially, on the recommendation of the Colonial Office
, he solicited sample columns from FS
that were published anonymously, as was...
Textual Production
Flora Shaw
In the trial that followed the failure of the raid, Rhodes, Chamberlain, and the Times all sought to avoid being convicted of complicity with or foreknowledge of it. Despite the presentation of many suspicious telegraphs...