This Week In '66

 

With Lynn Peril

This week I take a deep dive into the life of Marguerite "Maggie" Higgins, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, and who died This Week in '66. Higgins worked as war correspondent during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. She was lusty and competitive, two traits that weren't considered "feminine" during her lifetime. 

Gerhard Neubert (1909-1993) - Wollheim Memorial

“Negro Mayor Puts Ohio in Limelight,” Oakland Tribune, January 4, 1966, 5.

Sammy Yonge, Jr.

“Former SS Medic Ordered to Jail,” Oakland Tribune, January 4, 1966, 3. 

Trimborn, Harry, “Woman May Share in $1.29 Billion Fortune–If She Can Find It,” Los Angeles Times, January 7, 1966, 1. 

Mydans, Carl, “Girl War Correspondent,” Life, October 2, 1950, 51.

“Wars Hot and Cold,” The Spokesman-Review, June 2, 1968, 88.

Noel, Peter Murray, MARGUERITE HIGGINS: AN EXAMINATION OF LEGACY AND GENDER BIAS, 2003. 

Schmiedeler, John, “My Day of Glory on the Battlefield,” The Salina Journal, January 9, 1966, 6.