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Marguerite Higgins

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American journalist (1920-1966)

United StatesJournalistsLived 1920 to 1966 · aged 45
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Marguerite Higgins Hall was an American reporter and war correspondent. Higgins covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and in the process advanced the cause of equal access for female war correspondents.

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Awards 4

2010Order of Diplomatic Service Merit
1954Guggenheim Fellowship
1952George Polk Award
1951Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

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Marguerite Higgins Hall was an American reporter and war correspondent. Higgins covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and in the process advanced the cause of equal access for female war correspondents. She had a long career with the New York Herald Tribune (1942-1963) and as a syndicated columnist for Newsday (1963-1965). She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence awarded in 1951 for her coverage of the Korean War. She subsequently won Long Island University's George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting for articles from behind enemy lines in Korea and other nations in 1952.

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 1966 · aged 45
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19 languages

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