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Anne O'Hare McCormick

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American journalist (1880-1954)

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Anne O'Hare McCormick was an English-American journalist who worked as a foreign news correspondent for The New York Times. In an era where the field was almost exclusively "a man's world", she became the first woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize in a major journalism category, winning in 1937 for correspondence.

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1993Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
1944Laetare Medal
1941Siena Medal
1937Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence

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Anne O'Hare McCormick was an English-American journalist who worked as a foreign news correspondent for The New York Times. In an era where the field was almost exclusively "a man's world", she became the first woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize in a major journalism category, winning in 1937 for correspondence. In 1936, she became the first woman to be appointed to the editorial board of the Times, where she began a regular column on foreign policy in 1937.

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United States
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Journalists
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Journalist
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deceased
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Lived 1880 to 1954 · aged 74
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