Comments on: 8 Female Journalists of the World War II Era https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/ An archive dedicated to classic women authors and their work Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.13 By: Nava Atlas https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-54484 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 00:14:40 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-54484 In reply to Thedmo.

Hello! I don’t find anything about her, either … if you solve this mystery, let me know. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful!

]]> By: Thedmo https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-54441 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:23:16 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-54441 Trying to find info on Toni Howard, who apparently had a distinguished career with NEWSWEEK, but she seems to have a very limited internet presence. There’s an anecdote that once, when she walked into a room wearing dark sunglasses with her black hair and red raincoat. Hemingway was holding court, and he sid, in reference to her, “There’s the girl whose hair has gone prematurely black.”

If you find or post anything on her, I’d appreciate a heads-up!

Thank you,

Thedmo

]]> By: Nava Atlas https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-43617 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 01:54:52 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-43617 In reply to Elizabeth Elder.

Thanks, Elizabeth — she needs to be on this list as well!

]]> By: Elizabeth Elder https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-42870 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 05:32:38 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-42870 Try Virginia Cowles, who wrote her memoires ‘Looking For Trouble’, another remarkable woman…

]]> By: Nava Atlas https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-31707 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 19:08:31 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-31707 In reply to Timothy Hodges.

Thanks Timothy. She has been added (and certainly deserves a full article on this site). I also still hope to add Lee Miller, Ann Rosener, and Sigrid Schultz.

]]> By: Timothy Hodges https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-31706 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 17:01:42 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-31706 What about Helen Kirkpatrick?

]]> By: Nava Atlas https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-24189 Mon, 18 Jul 2022 08:15:33 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-24189 In reply to Td.

You’re right. Lee Miller absolutely belongs in this group. Note taken, and we’ll add her ASAP. Thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Td https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-24174 Mon, 18 Jul 2022 02:59:47 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-24174 What about Lee Miller?

]]> By: Nava Atlas https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-5061 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 16:08:27 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-5061 In reply to Mik.

So true, and yet too few people know her name. In regards to Hemingway, she famously said, “Why should I be a footnote to somebody else’s life?” So we can’t let that happen! Here’s the link to her bio on this site, which has links to other posts about her and her writings: https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/author-biography/martha-gellhorn/

]]> By: Mik https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/trailblazing-journalists/6-female-journalists-world-war-ii-era/#comment-5057 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 02:52:47 +0000 https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/?p=6465#comment-5057 Martha Gellhorn set the bar so high that it would be close to impossible to pull a chin up and cross it. She was a woman in unprecedented times that did not surrender to the powers that be. “That’s not possible” or “you can’t do that” we’re not on her vocabulary at the least. I think Martha Gellhorn was the greatest war correspondent of the 20th century. A hell of a lot better than her ex husband… what’s his name? Oh yeah…..Hemingway

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