Introducing Marguerite Martyn
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Marguerite Martyn(1880-1948) was an art school graduate who worked as a reporter and illustrator for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1905 to 1941. She covered national political conventions and interviewed people like actresses Lillian Russell, Mary Garden, and Ethel Barrymore, the poet Sara Teasdale, industrialist Andrew Carnegie, union activist Mother Jones and ’round-the-world traveler Nelly Bly. An early "celebrity journalist," she was so popular with her readers that her name was placed right up in the headlines.
No topic was immune from Martyn's insightful and sometimes whimsical pen. |
She wrote and illustrated articles about women's suffrage, World War I, fashion, food, work, class differences, and more. Our book offer a selection of Martyn's work during the Progressive Era, from 1905 to 1923, a time of great political, social and cultural upheaval.
Experience a glimpse of history through the eyes of this intrepid reporter.
Experience a glimpse of history through the eyes of this intrepid reporter.
