Elsie Reasoner Ralph Explained

Elsie Reasoner Ralph
Birth Name:Elsie Reasoner
Birth Date:25 April 1878
Birth Place:Osborne, Kansas, US
Death Place:Lloyd, Florida, US
Other Names:Elsie Ralph
Occupation:War correspondent, sculptor
Years Active:1898–1913
Known For:First American female war correspondent

Elsie Reasoner Ralph (April 25, 1878 – April 29, 1913)[1] was an American war correspondent in Cuba[2] and a sculptor.

The first female war correspondent in US history,[3] Ralph travelled to Cuba to cover the Spanish–American War under the cover story of being a nursing volunteer.[4] [5] [6]

She married Lester Ralph on May 15, 1904, in New York City.[7]

Moving to London, Ralph received the sum of $2,650 for a sculpted sundial, circa 1911.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 . 'Elsie Reasoner Ralph', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703165248/https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1204584769 . July 3, 2020 . July 13, 2020.
  2. News: The Salt Lake Herald . Off for Cuba – First Salt Lake girl to go there . July 13, 2020 . June 27, 1898 . 8 . July 13, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200713224614/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22223489/elsie-reasoner-first-sl-girl-to-go-to/ . live .
  3. Web site: Elsie Reasoner Ralph . askART . July 13, 2020 . July 14, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200714011624/https://www.askart.com/artist/Elsie_Reasoner_Ralph/11176906/Elsie_Reasoner_Ralph.aspx . live .
  4. Book: Edy, Carolyn M. . The Woman War Correspondent, the U.S. Military, and the Press: 1846–1947 . 978-1498539296 . Lexington Books . Reprint . November 8, 2018 . July 13, 2020 . 25–26.
  5. Book: The Graduate Magazine of the University of Kansas. University of Kansas. 1912. 270. April 30, 2021. March 29, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240329204708/https://books.google.com/books?id=xBcUAAAAIAAJ. live.
  6. Book: Carolyn M. Edy. The Woman War Correspondent, the U.S. Military, and the Press: 1846–1947. 13 December 2016. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-4985-3928-9. 138–.
  7. Web site: Elsie (Reasoner) Ralph – 1996 Inductee . September 12, 2012 . July 13, 2020 . The Osborne County Hall of Fame . July 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703174014/https://ochf.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/elsie-reasoner-ralph-1996-inductee/ . live .
  8. News: Philadelphia North American . January 19, 1911 . untitled.

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