Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1896, Sept. 14 | Born, Thornton, Tex. |
1913 | Entered University of Texas, Austin, Tex., after having previously studied at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. |
1914-1918 | Teacher, public schools, Texas |
1917 | Reporter, Hustler (Thornton, Tex.) |
1921 | B.A., University of Texas, Austin, Tex. Manager, Woman’s National Journalistic Register, a placement bureau sponsored by Theta Sigma Ph |
1921-1923 | Taught journalism and studied economics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. Wrote for the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wis. |
1922 | Married Herbert Little (divorced 1955) |
1923 | Labor editor, St. Louis Times |
1927-1932 | Editor, Equal Rights Magazine |
1928-1941 | Head, Ruby A. Black News Bureau |
1933 | Became White House correspondent for United Press |
1940 | Published Eleanor Roosevelt. New York: Cuell, Sloan and Pearce |
1941-1947 | Consultant editor-writer, Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affair |
1947 | Retired because of ill health |
1957, Dec.15 | Died, Washington, D.C. |