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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.
Jun 4, 2024 · Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Ground In June 1944, the veteran journalist hid on a hospital ship so she could report firsthand as Allied soldiers...
May 10, 2024 · 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.
Martha Gellhorn was a novelist, travel writer, journalist, and a pioneering war correspondent who covered most of the major conflicts of the 20th century.
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.
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...
Aug 28, 2006 · A longtime Atlantic contributor, Gellhorn's career was far more glorious than her brief marriage to Ernest Hemingway. August 2006 Issue.
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.
