Emma Bugbee Explained

Emma Bugbee
Birth Date:19 May 1888
Birth Place:Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Warwick, Rhode Island
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

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] She became a reporter for the New York Tribune, later the New York Herald Tribune.[2] She was the first woman report to be hired for the Heralds city room.[3] [4]

In 1914, she covered the Suffrage hike from Manhattan to Albany, New York.[3] In 1976, she moved to Warwick, Rhode Island. She died on October 6, 1981, in Warwick, Rhode Island.[5] [6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Veteran sob sister dead at 93. . October 8, 1981 . December 2, 2020 . 13 . 92 . 238 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: October 16, 1981 . Died . . dead . 2009-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101015124125/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925023,00.html . October 15, 2010.
  3. Web site: Two Case Histories, Ishbel Ross and Emma Bugbee: Women Journalists Ride the Rail with the Suffragettes. . 2009-08-01 . Bugbee walked with the suffragists on a week-long winter march from New York City to Albany . Education Resources Information Center .
  4. News: Dunlap. David W.. 2017-04-06. 1986 'Ms.' Joins The Times's Vocabulary. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-03-24. 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: Emma Bugbee . 2009-08-01.
  6. News: Fowler . Glen . October 10, 1981 . Emma Bugbee, 93. Reporter 55 Years . . 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..