Anne Elizabeth O'Hare McCormick

Anne O'Hare McCormick (1882-1954) was a foreign news correspondent for the New York Times, in an era where the field was almost exclusively "a man's world". In 1937, she won the Pulitzer Prize for foreign correspondence, becoming the first woman to receive a major category Pulitzer award. Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK, in 1880 or 1882, she was educated in the United States and became an associate editor for the Catholic Universe Bulletin after graduation from St. Mary's Academy. Her marriage to Dayton businessman Francis McCormick, an importer, led to frequent travels abroad, and her career as a journalist became more specialized