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Alma Reed

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American journalist (1889-1966)

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Alma Marie Sullivan Reed (1889-1966) was an American journalist. While working in Mexico in the 1920s, she fell in love with the Governor of Yucatán, Felipe Carrillo Puerto; however, he was assassinated while she was home in San Francisco preparing for their wedding.

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Alma Marie Sullivan Reed (1889-1966) was an American journalist. While working in Mexico in the 1920s, she fell in love with the Governor of Yucatán, Felipe Carrillo Puerto; however, he was assassinated while she was home in San Francisco preparing for their wedding. Reed was a promoter of the career of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco and wrote the first monograph on the artist in 1932, as well as a biography about his life. She also wrote more generally on Mexican muralists.

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United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1966 · aged 77
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