Dorothy West
Harlem Renaissance novelist
Harlem Renaissance novelist
German-American LGBTQIA+ rights activist
The “Mother of Journalism” in Washington.
Boston’s first Black woman TV reporter, who led Civil Rights voter efforts, told neighborhood stories, and earned numerous accolades.
Many in Mexico revere Alma Reed, known as La Peregrina (“the Pilgrim”) for her sensitive journalism.
Lucile Saunders McDonald distinguished herself in the fields of journalism and popular history through a prolific lifetime career that produced several thousand news features and columns, 13 published books on local history, an equal number of children’s books, and countless contributions to magazines, journals, and anthologies.
Late-Victorian poet, journalist, and art critic.
One of the earliest African American business owners in Tacoma, Washington; owner and editor of The Forum, a weekly newspaper.
American educator, author, journalist, social reformer and suffragist
Dorothy Stimson Bullitt purchased a small Seattle radio station with almost no listeners in 1947. She expanded it into one of the finest broadcasting empires in the nation.