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| Born | May 19, 1888 |
| Died | October 6, 1981 (aged 93) |
| Alma mater | Barnard College |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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[edit]
She was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. She later moved to New York. She graduated from Barnard College in 1909 and taught Greek courses at a high school in Methuen, Massachusetts.[1][2] She became a reporter for the 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]
See also[edit]
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
- List of women's rights activists
- Timeline of women's suffrage
- Timeline of women's rights (other than voting)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Emma Bugbee". Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ "Veteran sob sister dead at 93". Reporter. Vol. 92, no. 238. October 8, 1981. p. 13. Retrieved December 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Died". Time magazine. October 16, 1981. Archived from the original on October 15, 2010. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ 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
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (2017-04-06). "1986 | 'Ms.' Joins The Times's Vocabulary". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
- ^ 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.
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