Anne O'Hare McCormick (1880 – 1954). English-American journalist who worked as a foreign news correspondent for The New York Times. In 1936, she became the first woman to be appointed to the editorial board of the Times and in 1937 she became the first woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize in a major journalism category (correspondence).
For her reporting during World War II, the War Department honored McCormick in 1946 with a campaign medal in recognition of "outstanding and conspicuous service with the armed forces under difficult and hazardous combat conditions." Also in 1946, McCormick was selected to represent the US as a member of the first delegation to the UNESCO conference at the United Nations.
Prior to the start of World War II, McCormick obtained interviews with Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini, German leader Adolf Hitler, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, Popes Pius XI and XII, and other world leaders.
- "In 1921, a 42-year-old woman, 5'2", with reddish hair and blue eyes..." https://www.encyclopedia.com/.../mccormick-anne-ohare...
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