Mary J. Hornaday Explained

Mary J. Hornaday
Birth Date:April 5, 1906
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Death Date:April 20, 1982 (age 76)
Death Place:Riverdale, New York, U.S.
Occupation:Journalist
Relatives:Raymond E. Willis (uncle)

Mary Josephine Hornaday (April 5, 1906 – April 20, 1982) was an American journalist. She was vice president of the Overseas Press Club of America in 1952 and in 1965, while she was working for The Christian Science Monitor.

Early life and education

Hornaday was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of James Parks Hornaday and Mary Gertrude Willis Hornaday.[1] Her father was chief of the Washington bureau of the Indianapolis News; brothers Fred, James, and Hilton, and her uncle William, also worked in journalism.[2] [3] Her maternal uncle, Raymond E. Willis, was a United States senator from Indiana.[4] She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1927.[5] [6]

Career

Hornaday began as a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor in 1927, at the Washington bureau. In 1932 she interviewed First Lady Lou Henry Hoover about Girl Scouting.[7] In 1936 she served as president of the Women's National Press Club. She knew Eleanor Roosevelt well,[8] and chaired Roosevelt's press conferences at the White House.[9] She went to London after World War II to cover postwar relief efforts. Hornaday reported from the magazine's West Coast bureau from 1946 to 1950. In 1952, and again in 1965, she was vice-president of the Overseas Press Club of America.[10] In the 1950s and 1960s she covered the United Nations from the New York bureau.[11]

Selected publications

Personal life

Hornaday died in 1982, at the age of 76, in Riverdale, New York.[15]

Notes and References

  1. News: James P. Hornaday, News Writer, Dies; Washington Correspondent Since 1901 of Indianapolis News; Began as Reporter in 1884 . December 25, 1935. TimesMachine. 2024-05-07 . The New York Times . 27. en.
  2. News: 1957-04-01 . Hilton P. Hornaday, Veteran Financial Editor of News, Dead . 2024-05-07 . The Buffalo News . 12 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1935-12-25 . J. P. Hornaday Dies in Capital . 2024-05-07 . The Indianapolis Star . 5.
  4. News: Guthrie . Wayne . 1969-02-03 . Ringside in Hoosierland: Hornaday was a True Press Gentleman . 2024-05-07 . The Indianapolis News . 9 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Howes, Durward . American Women . 1935 . Richard Blank Publishing Company. 427 . en.
  6. Swarthmore College, Halcyon (1927 yearbook): 77.
  7. News: 1932-10-12 . First Lady Sends Message to Girls . 2024-05-07 . The Daily Plainsman . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1943-12-19 . Writer Sizes Up Mrs. Roosevelt . 2024-05-07 . The Boston Globe . 37 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: Tufty . Esther V. W. . 1944-01-10 . When First Lady Meets Ladies of the Press . 2024-05-07 . The World . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1965-07-24 . New OPC VPs named . The Overseas Press Bulletin . CIA Reading Room, via Internet Archive.
  11. News: collum. Cathy. 1957-11-03 . Writer to Speak At Matrix Dinner . 2024-05-07 . Newspapers.com. The Daily Oklahoman . 64.
  12. News: Hornaday . Mary . December 5, 1962 . Cuban Prisoner Release Pushed . Christian Science Monitor . CIA Reading Room, via Internet Archive.
  13. Book: Hornaday, Mary J. . American to Fly Aid to Cuba Needy . 1963-10-31 . Christian Science Monitor . CIA Reading Room . english . Internet Archive.
  14. News: Hornaday . Mary J. . February 21, 1964 . Oswald's Mother Tells Her Version . Christian Science Monitor . CIA Reading Room, via Internet Archive.
  15. News: Mary Hornaday Dies, Former Monitor Writer . 2024-05-07 . April 22, 1982. D23. TimesMachine. The New York Times . en.

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