Emma Bugbee

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Emma Bugbee
A portrait of a young Emma Bugbee
Born(1888-05-19)May 19, 1888
DiedOctober 6, 1981(1981-10-06) (aged 93)
Alma materBarnard College
OccupationJournalist

Emma Bugbee (May 19, 1888 – October 6, 1981) was an American suffragist and journalist. She participated in and reported on the 1912

Suffrage Hike
from New York City to Albany, New York.

Biography

She was born in

New York Tribune, later the New York Herald Tribune.[3] She was the first woman report to be hired for the Herald's city room.[4][5]

In 1914, she covered the

Suffrage hike from Manhattan to Albany, New York.[1][4] In 1976, she moved to Warwick, Rhode Island.[1] She died on October 6, 1981, in Warwick, Rhode Island.[1][6]

Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
, Maggie Murphy, and Emma Bugbee circa 1910

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Emma Bugbee". Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  2. Newspapers.com
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  3. Time magazine. October 16, 1981. Archived from the original
    on October 15, 2010. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  4. ^ a b "Two Case Histories, Ishbel Ross and Emma Bugbee: Women Journalists Ride the Rail with the Suffragettes". Education Resources Information Center. Retrieved 2009-08-01. Bugbee walked with the suffragists on a week-long winter march from New York City to Albany
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2021-03-24.
  6. ^ Fowler, Glen (October 10, 1981). "Emma Bugbee, 93. Reporter 55 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-01. Emma Bugbee, a reporter whose colorful career on The New York Herald Tribune spanned 55 years, died on Tuesday in a Rhode Island nursing home at the age of 93.