This article examines the juncture point between British-(Anglo)-American elite women in the first half of the twentieth century, their female networks and newspapers. It considers the maternal background, reconstructing biological and fictive kinships, to illustrate generational patterns leading to both female barrier-breaking in elite western institutions and clustering in the political and charitable work environments. The paper covers a century of adult female life using a central stem matrikin whose activities can be recovered through press-cuttings which chart change and continuity of values, confidence, identity and self-awareness through the range of kin based networks. It reconsiders the background to the 1970s breakthrough of women in leadership within elite political and charitable western institutions which has previously been considered as a result of effective equal opportunities combatting barriers rooted in male networking patterns. Finally, it reflects on the nature of the press as encountered by, used by and marginalising of elite women during the period.

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变化与连续性：网络、报纸、亲属关系和 20 世纪精英女性

本文考察了 20 世纪上半叶英美（英美）精英女性、她们的女性网络和报纸之间的转折点。它考虑了母性背景，重建了生物学和虚构的亲属关系，以说明导致女性在西方精英机构中突破障碍以及在政治和慈善工作环境中聚集的代际模式。这篇论文涵盖了一个世纪的成年女性生活，使用了一个中央干母体，其活动可以通过剪报来恢复，剪报通过一系列基于亲属的网络绘制了价值观、信心、身份和自我意识的变化和连续性。它重新考虑了 1970 年代女性在西方精英政治和慈善机构领导层中取得突破的背景，此前人们认为这是有效平等机会消除根植于男性网络模式的障碍的结果。最后，它反映了这一时期精英女性所遇到、使用和边缘化的媒体的性质。