Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1917 — First Newspaper Woman. [ARTICLE]

First Newspaper Woman.

It Is-sald-- that -the- first -newspaperwoman was an American, Mrs. Anne Royal 1, who was not only the first woman journalist, but the first woman to own and edit a newspaper. It is also curious that she Is said to have originated the Idea of “interviews.” She was born in Maryland in 1709, put her first printing press on Capitol Hill in Washington. D. C., and published a small weekly, first called the Washington Paul Pry and later the Huntress.