Radio Girls by Sarah–Jane Stratford is historical fiction about some of the first women in radio, specifically Hilda Matheson of the BBC. 1920’s London, after WW1 when there were beginning to be fascist rumblings from Germany, Matheson was not only a director of the Talks programs at the BBC, but also a spy.

The BBC was one of the few places women could work, and Stratford does a wonderful job of exploring the early days of radio, and what life was like for women who wanted to work and not just get married. A great read.