Martha Coman Explained

Martha Coman
Birth Date:1872
Birth Place:Wisconsin
Death Date:November 27, 1959
Death Place:New York, New York, U.S.
Occupation:Journalist, publicist

Martha Day Coman (1872 – November 27, 1959) was an American journalist. She was one of the first women reporters at the New York Herald, and the first president of the Newswomen's Club of New York.

Early life and education

Coman was born in Wisconsin, and raised in Portland, Oregon,[1] the daughter of Edmund B. Coman and Marian W. Sexton Coman. Her father was born in Ireland. She graduated from Stanford University.[2]

Career

Coman was one of the first women reporters at the New York Herald.[3] [4] In 1916, she covered Charles Evans Hughes' presidential campaign.[5] She reported on fashion,[6] suffrage, and women in careers,[7] but she also covered the World Series, and especially Babe Ruth, in 1921.[8] She was the first president of the Newspaper Women's Club of New York when it was founded in 1922.[9] [10] She joined Theodora Bean's T-Bean Syndicate in 1925,[11] and was editor of the weekly Scarsdale Inquirer.[12] [13] She became a publicist at Harper's Publishing in 1929.[14] She also worked as a publicist for Smith College.[15] [16] She remained active in leadership with the Newspaper Women's Club of New York through the 1930s,[17] as its treasurer.[18] [19]

Publications

Personal life and legacy

Coman died in 1959, in her eighties, in New York City.[24] The Newswomen's Club of New York gives the annual Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist as part of its Front Page Awards.[25] [26]

Notes and References

  1. April 8, 1922 . Heads New Women's Club; Miss Coman, Well Known Writer on Women's Politics . Editor and Publisher . 54 . 45 . 24 . Internet Archive.
  2. News: 1959-11-29 . Veteran Woman News Reporter Dies . 2024-05-16 . Oakland Tribune . 13 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1920-11-12 . A Woman President? . 2024-05-16 . The Box Elder Valley Press . 2 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Coman . Martha . 1921-02-07 . Aspirants Face Disappointment; Moving Picture Success Not for Every Girl . 2024-05-16 . The Hamilton Spectator . 14 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1916-10-27 . Hughes Women Say Victory is Sure . 2024-05-16 . Omaha Daily Bee . 11 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Coman . Martha . 1921-11-27 . Short Skirts, Aid to Health, May Defy Fashion . 2024-05-16 . The San Francisco Journal and Daily Journal of Commerce . 36 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Coman . Martha . 1923-04-29 . Business Girls Success Talks . 2024-05-16 . Modesto Morning Herald . 18 . Newspapers.com.
  8. Book: Wehrle, Edmund F. . Breaking Babe Ruth: Baseball's Campaign Against Its Biggest Star . 2018-05-31 . University of Missouri Press . 978-0-8262-7409-0 . en.
  9. News: 1922-04-10 . Newspaper Women Club Installs First Officers . 2024-05-16 . Newspapers.com. New-York Tribune . 11.
  10. Book: Women's press organizations, 1881-1999 . 2000 . Westport, Conn. . Greenwood Press . 978-0-313-30661-7.
  11. May 23, 1925 . The Syndicate Man . Fourth Estate . 32 . 23.
  12. https://books.google.com/books?id=2fWHocjcRygC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Martha%20Coman%20journalist&pg=RA21-PA52-IA24#v=onepage&q=Martha%20Coman%20journalist&f=false "Women in Advertising and Journalism"
  13. Book: Who's who in Journalism . 1925 . 320 . en.
  14. https://books.google.com/books?id=rwJEeCwwFQMC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Martha%20Coman%20journalist&pg=RA2-PA17#v=onepage&q=Martha%20Coman%20journalist&f=false Brief news item
  15. November 1929 . Martha Coman: Director of Publicity . Smith Alumnae Quarterly . 43 . Internet Archive.
  16. Book: Walker, Stanley . City Editor . 1999 . JHU Press . 978-0-8018-6292-2 . 261. en.
  17. https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1927-02-12_59_38/page/10/mode/2up?q=%22Martha+Coman%22 "N. Y. Newspaper Women to Hold Annual Ball at Ritz-Carlton March 11"
  18. News: 1932-05-24 . Helen Worden Heads Newspaper Women . 2024-05-16 . The San Francisco Examiner . 6 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: May 18, 1939 . Heads Newspaper Women; Miss McLaughlin is Elected President of Club . 2024-05-16 . The New York Times . 27 . en . 0362-4331.
  20. Coman . Martha . June 7, 1902 . The Art of Camping: A Woman's View . The Outlook . 71 . 6 . 370–376 . Internet Archive.
  21. Coman . Martha . July 24, 1902 . Flowers a Bride Should Carry . Leslie's Weekly . 95 . 2446 . 86 . Internet Archive.
  22. News: Coman . Martha . April 29, 1922 . Swimming Girls Making Big Splash in World of Sports . Newark Advocate . 4 . Internet Archive.
  23. Coman . Martha . February 1930 . Faith, Hope, and Parity for the Seven Colleges . Smith Alumnae Quarterly . 146–150 . Internet Archive.
  24. "Martha Coman, Ex-Reporter, Dies" The New York Times (November 29, 1959): 86.
  25. Web site: 2023 Front Page Winners . 2024-05-16 . The Newswomen's Club of New York. en-US.
  26. Web site: Roush . Chris . 2012-10-04 . Bloomberg reporter wins best new journalist award . 2024-05-16 . Talking Biz News . en-US.

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