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Martha Gellhorn was a novelist, travel writer, journalist, and a pioneering war correspondent who covered most of the major conflicts of the 20th century. She was the third wife of author...
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. March 9, 2022. While it may be commonplace to see female journalists in war zones today, it was not quite as common more than 80 years ago.
Oct 6, 2003 · Best known as the third wife of Ernest Hemingway, Gellhorn was also a pioneer in journalism, telling the story of war in a unique and personal way. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports on a new biography...
Apr 26, 2018 · In a century defined by war, Martha Gellhorn found her life’s work. “I never really found my own private disorderly place in the world except in the general chaos of war,” she wrote. As a journalist, she covered battles from the Spanish civil war to the 1981 invasion of Panama.
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 music.
Sep 18, 2019 · By Sam Knight. September 18, 2019. The writer Martha Gellhorn, who reported on the Spanish Civil War for The New Yorker, and from the beaches of D Day in a nurse’s uniform. Photograph from AP...
Aug 28, 2006 · The story depicts the relationship between an adulterous husband and a terminally ill wife who is ignorant of his affairs. Its style is trademark Gellhorn: painfully honest. She isn't guilty, he...
