Historic Newspapers: Women in the News
Shop original newspapers featuring both famous and infamous women in print, along with other noteworthy news involving women and items of female interest, arranged in chronological order - most recent first.
Found 1939 Results
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Item #570292THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 22, 1938 This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 14: "NEGRO YOUTH LYNCHED BY MISSISSIPPI MOB" "Seized After Alleged Attack on Woman, 74, at Wiggins".
This tells of the lynching of negro Wilder McGowan in Wiggins, Mississippi.
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with... Read full description -
Item #712166ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, October 21, 1938
* Dorothy Hale suicide death
* American socialite & actress
* New York City building jump
The top of the front page has a one column photo with heading: "Plunges to Death" Also a one column heading: "Movie Actress Falls 15 Stories To Death" with subhead. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #699572THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 8, 1938
* Swedish-American actress Greta Garbro
* Returns to New York from European trip
The back page has a two column photo showing Actress Greta Garbo aboard the ocean liner MS Kungsholm. Also a one column heading: "Garbo Back; Refuses To Discuss Own Life" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 34... Read full description -
Item #653324THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 20, 1938
* Pauline Frederick death (1st report)
* American stage and film actress
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "PAULINE FREDERICK DIES ON THE COAST" with subheads and photo. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
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Item #708909SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, July 28, 1938
* Dolly Fine arrested
* Notorious madam
* Brothel - bordello
* Corruption of minors
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Dolly Fine Surrenders, Released Again on Bail; Denies police Pay-Offs" with subhead and photo. (see images) Probably only reported in a San Francisco publication.... Read full description -
Item #624393NEW YORK TIMES, May 25, 1938
* 1st Wizard of Oz movie mention
* Actress Judy Garland - "The Jitterbug"
Page 26 has a very inconspicuous--yet significant-- mention concerning the production of the movie "Wizard of Oz". This is the earliest mention of "Wizard of Oz" in the New York Times. The item notes... Read full description -
Item #720115SECTION 4 ONLY of the New York Times, Feb. 6, 1938
* Blomberg-Fritsch Affair
* Adolph Hitler - Nazi Party
* Assuming full control
* All German armed forces
The front page of this section has three related photos with small heading: "'All Power to The Fuhrer'" with various subheads. A few related illustrations on the... Read full description -
Item #722674SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, January 25, 1938
* Rosamond Pinchot suicide death
* Stage & film actress - socialite
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Pinchot's Niece Kills Self" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 28 pages; light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #654698THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, January 15, 1938
* Actress Mae West
* "Adam and Eve"
* FCC censorship
The top of the front page has one column headings : "Mae West Script Brings Sharp Rebuke From FCC" "NBC Is Censured for 'Vulgar' Broadcast of 'Adam and Eve'---59 Substations Are... Read full description -
Item #725514THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1937
* Florence Dugdale death (1st report)
* Children's stories writer - Thomas Hardy wife
The top of page 17 has a one column photo of Florence Dugdale with heading: "MRS. THOMAS HARDY WIDOW OF NOVELIST" with subheads that include: "Dies at 56 in England, Where She Spent Years Writing Husband's Biography" and... Read full description -
Item #652020THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 23, 1937
* Ruth Roland death (1st report)
* Stage and film actress - producer
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "RUTH ROLAND DIES; FORMER FILM STAR" with subheads and photo. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 56 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #654613HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, September 7, 1937 The front page has the dramatic 2-line, full-banner heading: "HITLER BACKS ITALY IN SOVIET WAR CRISIS; N. Y. STOCKS SLUMP," which includes a photo of Hitler and supporting text.
Another front page banner heading has: "MAN LEAPS TO DEATH FROM PLANE OVER... Read full description -
Item #655957CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 17, 1937
* Actress Mae West
* Frank Wallace marriage
The front page has a one column heading: "Court Decides Mae West Is Mrs. Wallace" with photo. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete with all 24 pages, this is the "rag... Read full description -
Item #702902SAN FRANCISCO CHRTONICLE, California, June 8, 1937
* Actress Jean Harlow death (1st report)
* 1930's sex symbol - Blonde bombshell
The top of the front page has a photo headed: "HER UNPLAYED ROLE - Death Rewrote Her Script", which is followed by the related article: Death Ends Career of Jean Harlow. She was 26 years old. The... Read full description -
Item #722331THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1937
* Aviator Howard Hughes & Aviatrix Jean Batten
* Harmon International Trophy presentation
The top of page 5 has small photos of Howard Hughes and Jean Batten with heading: "Win Air Awards" (see images)
Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small... Read full description -
Item #709955CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, January 24, 1937
* Marie Prevost death w/ photos
* Hollywood film movie actress
* Silent and talking pictures
The front page has a one column heading: "Marie Prevost Found Dead in Her Aprtment" with small photo. Two more photos of her on page 13. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, rag edition... Read full description -
Item #572164ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, October 19, 1936
* Sand Merchant sinking in Lake Erie
* Cleveland OH Ohio
This 28 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 4 that reads: "18 Men and Woman Drowned as Canadian Ship Sinks in Lake Erie" with subheads (see images).
This tells of the Canadian sand ship "Sand Merchant" sinking in... Read full description -
Item #642162THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 14, 1936
* Adele Blood suicide death (gun)
* Silent movies & vaudeville actress
The top of the back page has a one column heading: "ADELE BLOOD HOPE, ACTRESS, ENDS LIFE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the suicide death of this American actress in silent movies, vaudeville and theater.
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Item #708307THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, Sept. 6, 1936
* Kenyan aviator Beryl Markham
* Record transatlantic solo airplane flight
* 1st Woman to achieve from East to West
The front page has a three column heading: "OCEAN FLIER IN MISHAP" with subhead and photo. (see images) First report coverage on Beryl Markham's... Read full description -
Item #584009TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, May 1, 1936
* Woman in Red - Anna Sage
* John Dillinger
This 24 page newspaper has a one column photo with caption: "Woman in Red Is Feeling Blue" with brief text underneath. Report on Anna Sage's deportation to her native Romania.
Other news, sports, and advertisements of the day are included.... Read full description -
Item #721489CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Feb. 23, 1936
* Hollywood actress Mae West
* Wins a horse race gambling bet
* 1936 Santa Anita Handicap (Top Row)
The top of page 17 has a two column photo with heading: "Police Guard Actress" with article. And the front page of the sport's section (inside) has a banner headline:... Read full description -
Item #712350THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, February 11, 1936
* Rose McConnell Long takes oath
* Huey's term as United States Senator
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "MRS. LONG TAKES SEAT IN SENATE" with subhead. (see image) First report coverage on Rose McConnell Long becoming the 3rd woman ever to serve as... Read full description -
Item #593765THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS SCREEN & RADIO WEEKLY, Albany, New York, February 2, 1936 The cover of this issue features a photo actress Bette Davis with a related article inside. Also within the issue are numerous Hollywood reports and photos.
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Item #714175ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, December 17, 1935
* Actress Thelma Todd death
* Suicide ? - Accidental ?
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "FILM COLONY BAFFLED BY TODD DEATH" with subheads and photo. (see images) First report coverage on the strange death of Hollywood actress, Thelma Todd. The cause of her death is... Read full description -
Item #645780THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 8, 1935
* Aleta Freel suicide death
* American Stage actress
* Hollywood - Los Angeles
The top of page 44 has a one column heading: "ALETA FREEL ENDS LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on American stage actress Aleta Freel committing suicide in Los Angeles,... Read full description -
Item #716943CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 20, 1935
* Edith Maxwell murder case (father)
* Appalachia - Pound, Virginia
The back page has a photo of Edith Maxwell with heading: "Try Girl for Slaying Her Father" and brief text.
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "ROOMMATE SAYS GIRL THREATENED TO SLAY FATHER" with subhead. (see... Read full description -
Item #635406THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 16, 1935
* Actress & singer Judy Garland
* Wizard of Oz movie fame
This is an interesting newspaper for any Judy Garland collector, as this is the very first appearance of her name (as Judy Garland) in the prestigious New York Times. Page 20 has a daily list of "Today On the Radio" and among the hundreds of... Read full description -
Item #685936THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1935
* Columbus, Texas "Hanging Tree"
* 2 Negroes lynched - lynching mob
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "TEXAS PROSECUTOR CONDONES LYNCHING" with subheads that include: "Calls Hanging of Two Negroes at Columbus 'Expression of People's Will'" and... Read full description -
Item #570105THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 5, 1935 This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 37: " FIVE MEN LYNCH NEGRO ON TENNESSEE ROAD" "Man Accused of Slapping White Woman Is Taken From Officers in White Bluff Business Street"
This tells of the lynching of Baxter Ball in White Bluff, Tennessee.
Other news of... Read full description -
Item #670722THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 4, 1935
* Vivian Chase shot dead
* Woman bandit - gangster
* Female public enemy # 1
The front page has one column headings that include: "'GIRL BANDIT NO. 1' FOUND SLAIN IN CAR" "Vivian Chase, Luer Kidnap Suspect and Friend of Karpis, Shot in Kansas City" and more. (see)
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Item #687590THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 29, 1935
* re. John Dillinger's assassination
* Anna Sage - Ana Cumpănaș
* "Woman in Red" $$ reward
The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "TIP ON DILLINGER HALTS DEPORTATION" with subheads that include: "'Woman in Red' Says Purvis Promised to Have Alien Proceedings... Read full description -
Item #640125THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 15, 1935
* English actress Madge Kendal death
* Shakespeare and English comedies fame
The top of page 39 has a one column heading: "DAME K. KENDAL, 86, ACTRESS, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Dame Madge Kendal, English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. I... Read full description -
Item #579014THE SPRINGFIELD UNION. Massachusetts, July 19, 1935
* Louis 'Two Gun' Alterie death
* Chicago Gangsters
* "Woman in Red" - John Dillinger
This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 14: "CHICAGO GUNMAN IS SHOT DOWN OUTSIDE HOTEL", "Former O'Banion Lieutenant Dies Without Making Statement;... Read full description -
Item #574749LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, July 12, 1935
* Melvin Purvis resigns (1st report)
* FBI agent - G-Man
This 8 page newspaper has a small one column headline on the front page: "Melvin Purvis Resigns from Dep't of Justice"
Tells of the resignation of famous G-Man head Melvin Purvis.
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #574949LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, May 22, 1935
* Jane Addams death
* Nobel Peace Prize winner
* Adolph Hitler agreeable?
This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3: "JANE ADDAMS SUCCUMBS" "Noted Social Service Worker Dies in Chicago Hospital" with photo of Addams. (see)
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Item #567734THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, May 22, 1935
* Jane Addams death
* Nobel Peace Prize winner
* Henry Ford raises minimum wage
This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Death Closes Jane Addams' Peace Career" "Operation Proves Fatal to Famous Founder of Hull... Read full description -
Item #594394ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, May 16, 1935
* Harriet May Mills death
* Syracuse, NY suffragist
This 40 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "HARRIET MILLS IS DEAD AT 77" and "Pioneer in Woman Suffrage Dies After Long Illness" with small photo. 1st report coverage on the death of Harriet... Read full description -
Item #698649THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 11, 1935
* Hermann Göring wedding - marriage
* German actress Emma Sonnemann
* "First Lady of the Third Reich"
* Dust Bowl - 3 days prior to "Black Sunday"
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "GOERING MARRIED IN NAZI SPLENDOR" with subhead and... Read full description -
Item #590846THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, March 8, 1935
* Baby Doe Tabor death
* Elizabeth Tabor
* Matchless mine, Leadville, Colorado
This 32 page newspaper has one column headings on page 3: "BABY DOE TABOR FOUND FROZEN IN MINE SHACK" and "Poverty Ends Last Chapter in Life of Belle of Camps In Old Gold Rush Days". See photos... Read full description -
Item #688505THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 20, 1935
* Benita von Falkenhayn guillotine execution
* Zelda Sears death - American actress
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Nazis to Behead Two Men; Women Faced Axe Calmly" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the guillotine executions which included Benita von Falkenhayn for... Read full description -
Item #619038THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, January 12, 1935
* Amelia Earhart (female aviator)
* Solo Pacific Ocean flight (Hawaii to Oakland)
* 1st of it's kind (during flight report)
The front page has one column headings: "AVIATRIX FLASHES ACROSS PACIFIC FROM HONOLULU" "Flier Believed Off Coast of San Francisco in Fog... Read full description -
Item #575203TOLEDO BLADE, Ohio, January 11, 1935
* Actress Mary Pickford - Divorce
* Actor Douglas Fairbanks
This 34 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page:
"MARY PICKFORD WINS DIVORCE" "Doug, in St. Moritz With Lady Ashley, Does Not Contest Suit" with photo of Pickford. (see)
Other news of the day throughout.... Read full description -
Item #555863THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, from Springfield, Massachusetts, dated January 11, 1935
* Actress Mary Pickford
* Actor Douglas Fairbanks
* Divorce
This 32 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include:
* Mary Pickford Is Given Divorce from Fairbanks; Cruelty, Neglect Charged
and more with one column photo of Pickford.
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Item #711587CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 5, 1934
* Woman outlaw Helen Gillis arrested
* Baby Face Nelson's widow
* Gangster - bank robber
The front page has a five column heading: "Arrest of Nelson's Widow a Mystery" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the arrest of Helen Gillis, widow of American bank robber,... Read full description -
Item #695524CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1934
* Helen Boucher killed
* French aviatrix - pilot
* Airplane crash accident
The bottom of the back page has a two column photo headed: "French Woman Air Record Holder Killed"
Page 8 has a small and discrete one column heading: "French Aviatrix Killed in Crash; Held Altitude Mark"... Read full description -
Item #575832THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 30, 1934 This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MRS. NELSON HELD LEADING WOMAN PUBLIC FOE IN U.S." "Police and Authorities of Nation Ordered to 'Shoot to Kill'" with related photo. (see)
This tells of the official F.B.I.... Read full description -
Item #580329THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, November 25, 1934
* 3 Babes in the woods murders, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
* 1st report
This 32 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Woman Into Mystery of 3 Girls' Slaying", which tells of the "Babes in the Wood" murders near Pine Grove Furnace,... Read full description -
Item #643652THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 19, 1934
* Feminist leader Ruth Hale death
* Women's rights - Woman's suffrage
* Founder of the Lucy Stone League
The top of page 19 has one column heading: "RUTH HALE IS DEAD; FEMINIST LEADER" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this... Read full description -
Item #667776THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 4, 1934
* Evangeline Booth - British theologist
* 1st Woman General of Salvation Army
The front page has a one column heading: "EVANGELINE BOOTH IS SALVATION CHIEF" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Booth becoming the 1st Woman General of the Salvation Army. Article continues... Read full description -
Item #695104THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 29, 1934
* Marie Dressler death w/ photos
* Stage & screen actress
* Silent film - depression era
The front page has a three column heading: "Death Overtakes Marie Dressler at the Pinnacle of a Great Career" with large photo of Dressler. More on page 8 with banner heading and more photos.
Complete 1st section... Read full description
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