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Woman's Hour, Tuesday, September 23, 2003 at 0am
With a long career of travel writing, Jan Morris has visited every continent of the World.

She launched into journalism as the first person to report Hillary and Tenzing's ascent of Everest. She's charted half a century including the Eichmann trial, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the handover of Hong Kong. Jenni Murray talks to Jan about how her life and writing has changed in her half century. (Shortride)… (more)
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She started her career as a journalist and writer as James Morris, subsequently going through gender reassignment surgery. She has spoken publicly about her sex change and has clearly chosen to be regarded as a woman - hence the gender above.
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