Louise was Australian - born in Hobart and educated in Sydney where she moved with her family. Louise went to London to work in 1901. She was the first woman journalist to report first hand as a war correspondent from Belgium in 1914.
You can now read on-line the fascinating diary Louise kept when she was no longer able to send reports back to "The Evening News" in London by wire, due to the approaching German Army: "A Woman's Experiences in the Great War" which were published in aid of the Red Cross Belgian Refugee Fund:
https://archive.org/details/cu31924027844178
With thanks to the wonderful Gutenberg project which enables us to read these amazing stories.
