the war correspondent who snuck onto a hospital ship because hemingway forgot to invite her to d-day.
means a pioneering american journalist who covered nearly every major conflict of the 20th century, refusing to be a footnote to her famous husband.
from born 1908 in st louis, she talked her way into war reporting during the spanish civil war in 1937, then spent six decades proving she never needed a press pass handed to her by a man.
spanish civil war 1937 — her first war, filed for collier's weekly
normandy landing 1944 — only journalist to reach the beach that day, hidden aboard a hospital ship
vietnam war reporting — 1966 dispatches criticized u.s. conduct, got her barred by the military
dachau liberation 1945 — among first journalists to enter the camp