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Marguerite Higgins

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The Resume

    (September 3, 1920-January 3, 1966)
    Born in Hong Kong
    Foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune (1942-63)
    Columnist for Newsday (1963-65)
    Covered Word War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
    Wrote the books ‘The War in Korea’ (1951), ‘News Is a Singular Thing’ (1955), and ‘Our Vietnam Nightmare’ (1965)

Why she might be annoying:

    As a college journalist for ‘The Daily Californian,’ she was frequently accused of stealing stories from other reporters.
    She began an affair with her second husband, General William Evans Hall, while he was still married to his first wife.
    General Walton Walker ordered her out of Korea, arguing that women reporters did not belong at the front and that the Army had no time to make special accommodations for them.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She covered the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp and received an Army campaign ribbon for assisting the surrender of its SS guards.
    She appealed Walker’s orders to General Douglas MacArthur, who overturned the ban, declaring ‘Marguerite Higgins is held in highest professional esteem by everyone.’
    During a battle on the Pusan perimeter, she assisted the medics, administering plasma to wounded soldiers while dodging bullets.
    She became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (sharing it with five male war correspondents; 1951).
    Her first daughter died five days after being born prematurely (1953).
    She died from leishmaniasis, a tropical disease that she contracted while covering the war in Vietnam.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying