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Virginia Cowles

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Journalist, war correspondent (1910-1983)

United StatesJournalistsLived 1910 to 1983 · aged 73
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Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles was an American journalist, biographer, and travel writer. During her long career, Cowles went from covering fashion, to covering the Spanish Civil War, the turbulent period in Europe leading up to World War II, and the entire war.

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1947Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles was an American journalist, biographer, and travel writer. During her long career, Cowles went from covering fashion, to covering the Spanish Civil War, the turbulent period in Europe leading up to World War II, and the entire war. Her service as a correspondent was recognized by the British government with an OBE in 1947. After the war, she published a number of critically acclaimed biographies of historical figures. In 1983, while traveling with her husband, she was killed in an automobile accident which left him severely injured.

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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 1910 to 1983 · aged 73
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