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Cathleen McCarthy

Clarke, Robert Ganton

In 1920, a thirty-year-old woman named Cathleen McCarthy got a job as a reporter at The Peterborough Examiner. As the only woman reporter on staff, she quickly found herself in charge of the “Women’s Page” and its “society” and fashion features. Within a year or so, however, she was also writing film reviews—and would continue on that beat until she left the paper in 1937. McCarthy was not only the first film critic in Peterborough, but also one of a very few in Canada.

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Women Film Pioneers Project
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January 13, 2025