Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-26
is just one half mile north of town and
is no better than the average farming
land in Throckmorton county.
Som. .JournaI,,.,, Women,


The first daily newspaper printed in the
world was edited by a woman, Elizabeth
Mallet. 1t appeared in London IN the
Seventeenth century. It was of reform
atory character.
The Massachusetts Gazette and News
Letter, the first paper published in
America, was edited by the widow of Its
originator.
Clementine Reid of Virginia was editor
of the first paper to print the declaration
of independence.
Miss Anne Timothy OF South Carolina
held the position of state printer for
period of seventeen years.
In the good old oolony days Mrs. Anna
Green, publisher of:the first paper in
Maryland, held the position of colonial
printer.
Mrs. Hasshateh of the Maryland Jour-
nal wrote SUCH pungent pre-revoIution
editorials thai her sex alone saved her
from ap1blic. nogging.
For more than fourteen years Mrs.
Harriet N. Prewet of the Weekly Yazoo
City Wing welded a strong influence in
Mississippi politics. Hers was the first
paper in the country to suggest the name
of Willard Fillmore for the presidency.
Mrs. Frank Leslie was ths>nanageF of
ten periodicals and 400 employees IT is
said that her elegant house at Saratoga
was built by Frank Leslie in three weeks
in consequence of her promise to marry
him as soon as it was finished.
Miss Sarah Jeanette Duncan and
Miss Lily Lewis propose visit to Japan
at an early date for the purpose of writ
ing up the social life there.
They are young Canadian Journal
lists.
Miss Kate Hubbard now directs affairs
on the Glasco, KAN, Sun. 1t is said
she Yields both pen and shears at the
same time and this, too, with one eye.on
the cash drawer,
Miss Nellie Chesboro is the editor and
publisher of the Gravity Echo,
one of the most sprlgntly and best
conducted local papers in southwestern
Iowa.
Kansas has some gifted newspaper
women, whose work shows their great
aptitude for the profession they have
chosen for their own. At this time
there are some thirty women devoting
their entire time to newspaper writing in
that state, and are making good living
with their pencils.
Isabella Barrows of Boston recently
accomplished one of the most remark
able feats in modern Journalism. She
wrote a verbatim report of a speech
made in German by Carl Shurz, which
she turned into English while her pen
was flying across her paper in steno-
graphic characters.
Nearly every Kansas City paper has
the work of women upon it. A young
woman in one of the large composing
rooms often takes the foreman's place
for weeks at time. Another lady,
whose husband is an editor, writes COL
umns OF matter that are credited to him.
1t is said that Kate Field is about to
leave the lecture platform and stage and
try her hand at journalism. She is brim
full of subjects she wishes 70 discuss, and
will proceed to the work in her own
paper. 1t ls to be published in Washing
ton and will be independent in politics.
jeanette Glider, editor of the Critic, is
described as strange compound of mas
culine and feminine traits. In winter
she dons an ulster reaching to her feet;
the waist of her dress is a close fitting
sack coat with man IS pockets; under this
is man 8 vest holding her watch and
cham; her standing collar and cravat
has q strong masculine cast, and she
bears a striking resemblance to her
brother, the editor of the Century.
A list of the present day new spaDer
women would De sadly incomplete with
out the names of Nellie BLY, and Miss
to whom the attention of all
communities has been but recently at
tracted By their race around the world to
beat a record of some seventy-three
days. Miss BLY, travelled in the interests
of the New York Word, Miss Bisland |
for the Cosmopolitan.
Mrs. Payne, better known as 'Am-
Der, - whose articles have appeared on |
SO vast number of subjects, and in 80 |
great an array of papers, is said to be SO |
that she does not recognize her |
best friends on the street, where she ap- |
pears in most marvellous attire.