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Bonnie Angelo
Birth Name:Veronica Estelle Angelo
Birth Date:29 January 1924
Birth Place:Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Death Place:Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Alma Mater:Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Occupation:Journalist, writer
Years Active:1950s - 2008
Spouse:Harold Levy
Notable Works:First Mothers
Employer:Time

Veronica Estelle "Bonnie" Angelo (January 29, 1924  - September 17, 2017) was an American journalist and author. She was known for being the author of First Mothers.[1] During her more than a quarter-century with Time, she served as a Washington correspondent from 1967–78, reported on the White House and covered newsmakers and events across America and the world.[2]

Early life

Angelo was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1924.[3] She was educated at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. Her husband, Harold Levy, died in 1998. They had one child, a son, Christopher Levy.

Career

Angelo was a weekly co-host on the Washington television program Panorama. She covered reports revolving around the Ford presidency in the 1970s.[4] In 1978, she was appointed Time's bureau chief in London. In the United Kingdom, she covered Margaret Thatcher's election as Prime Minister, the 1981 royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, and the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

In 2000, she wrote the book First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents, a corrective to a widely held notion that First Ladies were the dominant female influence on the nation's commanders in chief.[5]

Death

Angelo died at a nursing home in Bethesda, Maryland from complications from dementia on September 17, 2017, at the age of 93.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents' by Bonnie Angelo. Chron.com. September 17, 2017. December 24, 2000. Elizabeth Bennett.
  2. Web site: Bonnie Angelo. Fresh Fiction. September 17, 2017.
  3. Web site: Bonnie Angelo. December 21, 2013. September 17, 2017. Winston Time Traveler.
  4. Web site: Bonnie Angelo. Gerald Ford Foundation. September 17, 2017.
  5. Web site: Bonnie Angelo. HarperCollins. September 17, 2017.
  6. Web site: Bonnie Angelo, political journalist who wrote about moms of U.S. presidents, dies at 93. The Washington Post. September 17, 2017. September 17, 2017.