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Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. [2] [3] Gellhorn reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place during her 60-year career.
Martha Gellhorn was a novelist, travel writer, journalist, and a pioneering war correspondent who covered most of the major conflicts of the 20th century.
Martha Gellhorn (born November 8, 1908, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died February 15, 1998, London, England) was an American journalist and novelist who, as one of the first female war correspondents, candidly described ordinary people in times of unrest.
Jun 4, 2024 · Gellhorn was one of the first journalists—and the only female correspondent—to view that hellish scene 80 years ago. Lacking proper credentials, she lied her way onto a hospital ship traveling ...
Feb 17, 1998 · Martha Ellis Gellhorn, who as one of the first female war correspondents covered a dozen major conflicts in a writing career spanning more than six decades, died on Sunday at her home in London.
As one of the first female wartime correspondents, Martha Gellhorn witnessed and covered many pivotal moments of World War II and the rest of the twentieth century.
Jul 12, 2018 · Martha Gellhorn met Ernest Hemingway when she was 28 and he was 37. She covered wars around the world, but he wanted her home, tending to his needs.
Apr 26, 2018 · Martha Gellhorn was determined to cover D-Day, and she wasn’t about to let a little thing like the American military stop her. Refused press credentials, she stowed away in the bathroom of a hospital ship, which dropped anchor off Omaha Beach on June 7, 1944.
Sep 18, 2019 · “There was never another Martha Gellhorn.” For all Gellhorn’s professional fierceness, most of the speakers reminisced about her gift for friendship, her tidy attic, and her unusual company.
Jan 3, 1999 · By the general agreement of her peers, Martha Gellhorn was the premier war correspondent of the 20th century, a century that is for war correspondence what the 17th was for sacred...
