Listen, World!

How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most-Read Woman

By: Allison Gilbert, Julia Scheeres

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunn

The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you’ve never heard of

At thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she’d lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickax in a gold mine to pay the bills.

When the mine shut down, she moved to the Bay Area. Armed with moxie and samples of her work, she barged into the offices of the Oakland Tribune and was hired on the spot. She went on to become a nationally syndicated columnist and household name whose column ran for over thirty years and garnered fifty million readers.

Told in cinematic detail by bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert, Listen, World! is the inspiring story of a timeless maverick, capturing what it means to take a gamble on self-fulfillment and find freedom along the way.

©2022 Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Very Inspiring

It’s easy to take so much of our liberties for granted, but reading a book like this really helps you to realize that, especially female in minority liberties, were hard won. Definitely recommend reading.

A fabulous LISTEN

having been born in the bay area, myself, I often enjoy stories situated there. This one no less. But most of all this story touched met, because it was about a woman, drawing on her strengths and talents, to make it on her own.

5 stars

loved it. an interesting life story, a great depiction of life in America, and well read.

an important part of history

Women helped to create history, but our stories have not been told. Julia Scheeres is working on that by bringing this story into the world. It is inspiring, and interesting, and everyone should read it.

Simply awesome

remembering Eloise is a reminder to take care of business and live life to the fullest. never take life for granted