Rosalind Coward is a journalist and writer. She is an Emeritus Professor of journalism at

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, and a former member of the board of

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(2005–12).

Education

Coward gained her first degree in English literature from

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and her PhD from the Thames Polytechnic (now the

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) in 1981.

Career

She has been a columnist for ''

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'' since 1992 and was previously a regular contributor to ''

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'' and ''

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''. She wrote a regular column for ''The Guardian'''s Comment pages between 1995 and 2004. From 2005 to 2008 she was the author of the regular "Looking After Mother" column for the Saturday ''Guardians Family section, about the problems faced by those caring for people with dementia. Her career in journalism includes feature writing for many national newspapers and magazines including the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''. She is known for her writing on

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issues and in cultural

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. Her books including ''Female Desire'' and ''Our Treacherous Hearts'' are still widely cited, as is the essay "Are Women's Novels Feminist Novels",Coward, Rosalind (1980). "This Novel Changes Lives": are women's novels feminist novels? A response to Rebecca O'Rourke's article "Summer Reading" ''cited as'':
Preview.
/ref> originally written for ''Feminist Review''. She has a strong interest in environmental issues, and writes a regular column for ''

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'' magazine.

Selected bibliography

Books

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Articles

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References

External links

Ros Coward website
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