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 #687076THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 24, 1934
* John Dillinger death trap
* The Woman in Red (Anna Sage)
The front page has a one column heading: "Dillinger Death Is Written Off" with subhead. Coverage continues on page 5.
Complete with 22 pages, light toning and a little wear a the margins, generally nice.
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Item #569587TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, July 25, 1934
* John Dillinger death trap
* The Woman in Red
This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "SAID SHE KNEW DILLINGER AS 'LAWRENCE'" "Girl in Red Gives Details of Night of Shooting"
Other news of the day. Light browning and little margin wear and tear,... Read full description -
Item #572702THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 22, 1934
* Son Griggs negro lynching
* Kirbyville, Texas
This 42 page newspaper has small one column headlines on the back page (pg. 42) "HANG, SHOOT, DRAG NEGRO" "Texas Mob Lynches Prisoner Arrested With White Woman"
Tells of the lynching of Negro Son Griggs in... Read full description -
Item #677139THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1934
* Lambert, Quitman County, Mississippi
Page 6 has a brief article headed: "Two Negroes Lynched" "Hangings Follow Attempt to Attack Woman in Mississippi" (see) First report coverage on the lynchings of Joe Love and Issac Thomas near Lambert, Mississippi.
Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description -
Item #550118THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS, Vermont, May 29, 1934
* Dionne quintuplets born (1st report)
* "Five Baby Girls Born to Ontario Mother; Largest 3 Lbs., 4 Ounces; Smallest a Lb. Less"
This 16 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Five Baby Girls Born to Ontario Mother; Largest 3 Lbs., 4 Ounces; Smallest a Lb.... Read full description -
Item #605090THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, May 29, 1934
* Dionne quintuplets born (1st report)
* "Five Baby Girls Born to Ontario Canada mother
The front page has two column headlines: "Quintuple Babies Live, Red Cross Rushes Aid" "All Five Cry Lustily; Mother Is Well, Father Expresses Amazement" A 1st report on the famous births.
Other... Read full description -
Item #210968LIBERTY magazine, New York, May 26, 1936. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a female lion/tiger tamer (see photo). The back page has a nice color ad for Chesterfield cigarettes and the inside cover features a color ad for Texaco. Wtihin this issue is an article on Hall-of-Famer Chuck Klein. Very nice condition, and... Read full description -
Item #724027THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1934
* Billie Jean Parker & Floyd Hamilton
* Bonnie and Clyde gang members charged w/ murder
* The tipsters to law enforcement re. whereabouts ?
Page 16 has an article with small headings: "2 Of Barrow Gang Held" "Woman and Man Relative of Bandit Accused of Texas Killings" (see) First report... Read full description -
Item #722293THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 19, 1934
* John Dillinger gang
* Flint, Michigan bank robbery
Page 3 has one column headings: "$30,000 RAID IS LAID TO DILLINGER GANG" "Presence of Leader Himself in Foray on Bank at Flint, Mich., Is Doubted" "Woman One Of The Band" and more. (see images)
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #630721LOS ANGELES EVENING POST, May 9, 1934
* Rae Randall suicide death
* Hollywood movie actress
* Greta Garbo double
The front page has a three column heading in red lettering: "Actress Kills Self" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the suicide death of actress Rae Randall (Sigrun Salvason). Not reported in the New York Times, so... Read full description -
Item #714956THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1934
* Bank robber John Dillinger
* Crown Point, Indiana Jail
* Famous wooden gun escape told
The back page has an article headed: "Dillinger's Escape Described At Trial" "Warden Testifies About 'Toy Gun' as Deputy Is Accused of Aiding Outlaw". (see) This was one of the most... Read full description -
Item #714690CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 7, 1934
* Hollywood actress Jean Harlow
* "Blonde Bombshell" sex symbol
* Separates from third husband
The bottom of the back page has a two column photo of Jean Harlow with small heading: "Film Star Separates From Third Husband"
the front page has a one column heading: "Jean Harlow And... Read full description -
Item #630723LOS ANGELES EVENING POST, May 2, 1934
* Hollywood actress Mae West
* Manager James A. Timony
The front page has a six column heading: "Mae West Separates From Manager" with subheads. (see) Photo of Mae West on page 7. Coverage probably only found in publications near Hollywood such as this.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the... Read full description -
Item #580831THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, March 22, 1934
* Lilyan Tashman death - Jewish actress
* 1st Masters Tournament
* 1st day of play - Augusta, Georgia
This 20 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Lilyan Tashman Dies as First Starring Film Stirs Broadway" and more with nice photo of Tashman (see photos).
Also a... Read full description -
Item #557755THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 21, 1934 This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 29 that includes: "DODGERS CONQUER ATHLETICS BY 4-2", "Miss Didrickson Pitches First Inning for Losers Holding Rivals Scoreless", "Triple Play Saves Her" and more with nice two column photo of... Read full description -
Item #637120THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1934
* Thomas F. Anstey Guthrie death
* English novelist - journalist - comic
* Margaret Illington death
* American stage actress
The top of page 14 has a one column heading: "F. ANSTEY, 77, DIES; BRITISH HUMORIST" with subheads. (see)
The top of page 17... Read full description -
Item #569711CINCINNATI TIMES STAR, Ohio, March 7, 1934
* "U.S. Joins Search For Dillinger In Chicago"
* "Two Indiana Jail Attaches Accused of Assisting Escape"
John Dillinger was one of the main figures in history for causing the establishment of the FBI that is so well known today.
This was one of the most famous escapes from a high... Read full description -
Item #576015ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL, Allentown, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1934
* re. John Dillinger Crown Point IN
* Investigation of famous Jail break
The front page has one column headlines: "Probe Escape Of Dillinger", "Grand Jury Ordered by Court to 'Name Parties Responsible'". This was one of the most famous escapes from a high security jail... Read full description -
Item #616636THE DETROIT NEWS, March 4, 1934
* John Dillinger - Crown Point IN Jail
* Famous wooden gun escape
In the bottom half of the front page is a one column headline: "JOHN DILLINGER ELUDES POSSES" with subhead: "Woman Sheriff Asserts She Will Shoot Him Through Head on Sight". This was one of the most famous escapes from a... Read full description -
Item #578587THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 18, 1934
* Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow
* Post Prison escape and gunfight
This 42 page newspaper has a small one column heading at the bottom of page 2: "Convict Caught in Texas".
A brief report tells of the capture of one of the prisoners Clyde Barrow help escape from prison. Rare to find reports... Read full description -
Item #636834THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 2 only, December 17, 1933
* Actress Mary Pickford signs contract
* "Queen of the Movies" "America's Sweetheart"
* Adolph Zukor - Paramount Pictures
Page 2 of this section has a one column heading: "MARY PICKFORD SIGNS FOR STAGE" with subheads. (see)
Other news throughout.... Read full description -
Item #636809THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 10, 1933
* Mary Pickford files for divorce
* Actor Douglas Fairbanks
Page 3 has a one column heading: "Expect No Contest On Pickford Divorce" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on Actress Mary Pickford filing for divorce from actor Douglas Fairbanks.
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section... Read full description -
Item #656854CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 9, 1933
* Mary Pickford files for divorce
* Actor Douglas Fairbanks
* Nice headline for display
The top of the front page has a great banner headline: "DOUG SUED BY MARY PICKFORD" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Four related photos are on the back page. First report coverage on Actress Mary... Read full description -
Item #692745CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 24, 1933
* Dr. Alice Wynekoop arrested for murder
* Rheta Gretchen Gardner Wynekoop killing
* Best publication to be had (rare as such)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DR. WYNEKOOP AND SON HELD" with subheads. More on pages 2 & 3. Nice related photos are on the back page.
Complete... Read full description -
Item #722030CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 27, 1933
* Hollywood actress Carole Lombard
* Ill w/ influenza or mental breakdown ?
The front page has a small one column heading: "Carole Lombard Seriously Ill; Suffers a Relapse" (see image)
Complete with all 56 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes long the... Read full description -
Item #588324THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 12, 1933
* Reinhold Tiling death
* German rockets pioneer
This 50 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 12: "ROCKET CONSTRUCTOR AND WOMAN AIDE DIE" and "Reinhold Tiling and Assistant Hurt Tuesday in Explosion at Osnabrueck, Germany" which tells of the death of Reinhold Tiling by... Read full description -
Item #569869THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 25, 1933
* Dennis Cross Negro lynching
* Tuscaloosa, Alabama
This 34 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 7: "TAKE ALABAMA NEGRO FROM HOME, KILL HIM" "Six Men shoot Tuscaloosan Out in Bail on Charges Made by White Woman"
Tells of the lynching of Negro... Read full description -
Item #636560THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 22, 1933
* Mabel Smith Douglass drowning
* Douglass Residential College
* Rutgers University affiliate
Page 3 has a two column heading: "Drowning of Ex-Dean Douglass Feared; Woman's Educator's Boat Found at Lake" (see) First report coverage on Mabel Smith Douglass going missing after rowing on... Read full description -
Item #564306THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 5, 1933 This 36 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Woman Flier Killed in Air Race; Wedell Sets World Speed Mark" "...Wedell Makes Land Plane Record of 305.33--Flies at 316.55 on One Lap"
Tells of the 1st time in aviation history that a airplane was... Read full description -
Item #214969LIBERTY magazine, New York, June 24, 1933.
* Painting at the shore cover
* Many Stories
* Colored Ads
The color cover of this issue has a very nice print of a young female artist at the shore that is talking to a fisherman (see photos). There is no related article on this inside.
You get the complete 56 page issue plus... Read full description -
Item #719040THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 12, 1933
* Clyde Barrow Gang
* Kidnapping & murder
* Bonnie & Clyde fame
The top of page 8 has one a column heading: "Officers Kidnaped (sic) by Texas Gunman" with subhead: "Outlaws Escape with Woman Companion" (see images) Rare to find news accounts on this famous outlaw... Read full description -
Item #572300ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, February 9, 1933
* Bizarre family human sacrifice
* Tomahawk Inez Kentucky
This 26 page newspaper has two column headlines at the bottom of the front page: "EIGHT OF MOUNTAIN FAMILY JAILED IN CULT 'SACRIFICE' OF WOMAN" "Seven Accused of Actual Killing--Hours of Praying... Read full description -
Item #679341THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 10, 1933
* Catherine Anselm "Kate" Gleason death
* American engineer & businesswoman
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "KATE GLEASON, ENGINEER, DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Kate Gleason, american engineer and... Read full description -
Item #633116THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 24, 1932
* Actress Dorothy Burgess car accident
* Manslaughter charge for death of girl
* Babe Ruth takes on healthy diet ?
* New York Yankees baseball
Page 10 has a one column heading: "Film Star, Accused In Fatal Crash, Ill" with subhead: "Dorothy Burgess Driving When Girl Is... Read full description -
Item #570667THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 21, 1932
* William House negro lynching
* Wisner, Louisiana
This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 12: "NEGRO IN LOUISIANA SEIZED AND LYNCHED" "Mob Takes Prisoner From Marshal and Body Is Found Later--Woman Charged Insults"
Tells of the lynching of Negro... Read full description -
Item #642073THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 17, 1932
* Minnesota Woman - skeletal remains
* Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail County
* Anthropologist Albert Jenks
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Girl Slain in Ice Age Found in Minnesota; Apish Mongol Maid Lived 20,000 Years Ago" (see) Lengthy text continues inside.
Other news,... Read full description -
Item #632574THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 6, 1932
* Actress Belle Bennett death
* Vaudeville & Hollywood
The top of page 38 has a one column heading: "BELLE BENNETT DIES AT 39 IN HOLLYWOOD" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Belle Bennett, stage and film actress from Milaca, Minnesota.
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #600772THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 25, 1932
* Anna Elizabeth Dickinson death
* Anti slavery - Women's rights
Page 19 has one column headlines:
"ANNA E. DICKINSON, SLAVERY FOE, DEAD"
"Had Been Hoping to Celebrate 90th Birthday Next Friday Until Just Before End"
"Woman's Rights Champion"
and more with photo. (see) See... Read full description -
Item #691540NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 15, 1932
* Jessie Bonstelle death (1st report)
* American theater director & actress
* Katherine Plunket death (1st report)
The top of page 15 has a one column head: "JESSIE BONSTELLE, ACTRESS, IS DEAD" with subheads and photo.
Also on page 15 is: "KATHERINE PLUNKET DEAD AT AGE OF 111" with subheads. We suspect... Read full description -
Item #582968THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, October 13, 1932
* Mae West robbed of diamonds
* Hollywood actress, sex symbol
This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Bandit Takes $19,500 Gems and Cash From Mae West" with related photo with caption: "Diamond Lil Robbed of Jewels"
See photos for text here.
Other news... Read full description -
Item #595070THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, September 15, 1932
* The American Nurse airplane lost
* Edna Newcomer- female pilot missing
The front page has one column headings: "3 FEARED LOST IN ROME FLIGHT" and "Plane Fails To Arrive Over Italy; Gasoline Supply Believed Exhausted" with photo showing the three lost... Read full description -
Item #689802THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 6, 1932
* Director Paul Bern suicide death
* Former husband of actress Jean Harlow
The front page has one column headings that include: "PAUL BERN A SUICIDE; WED JEAN HARLOW" "Movie Executive Shoots Himself in Hollywood Home He Gave to Film Star" "Martial Rift Is... Read full description -
Item #708934THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Aug. 6, 1932
* Goat Castle murder
* Jane Surget Merrill
* Natchez, Mississippi
The front page has a two column heading: "Woman And Six Men Questioned In Rich Spinster's Murder" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 22 pages, light toning, a little spine wear with tiny binding holes, generally good. -
Item #708904CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 5, 1932
* re. Zachary Smith Reynolds suicide ? death
* Heir of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
* Socialite & actress Libby Holman indictment
The front page has a nice banner headline: "HUNT LIBBY HOLMAN; INDICTED" with subheads. (see images) Was this suicide or murder ? American socialite Libby Holman... Read full description -
Item #699315CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 7, 1932
* Zachary Smith Reynolds suicide ? death
* Heir of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
* Socialite & actress Libby Holman
* Billy Jurges shot by girl
* Chicago Cubs - MLB baseball player
The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "SMITH REYNOLDS, LIBBY HOLMAN'S HUSBAND, SUICIDE" with subheads... Read full description -
Item #621131THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1932
* Billy Jurges shot by girl
* Chicago Cubs - MLB baseball player
This 38 page newspaper has one column headings on page 18: "BILL JURGES WOUNDED BY GIRL HE REJECTED" and "Chicago Cubs Player and Young Woman Are Shot in Struggle for Her Pistol" First report coverage on the shooting of Chicago Cubs'... Read full description -
Item #593893THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, July 5, 1932
* Washington KS Kansas tornado disaster
This 12 page newspaper has a nice seven column headline on the front page: "4 DEAD IN 2 TORNADOES" with subheads: "Wind Strikes Town During 4th Fete" "Score Injured, Washington, Kan., Virtually Razed; Nebraska Woman... Read full description -
Item #688511CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 4, 1932
* Director Paul Bern
* Actress Jean Harlow
* Wedding - Married
The back page has a two column photo with small heading: "Enjoying A One Day Honeymoon" with brief text. Page 4 has a one column heading: "Harlow-Bern Wedding Called Ideal Romance" (see) Bern would commit suicide a few months... Read full description -
Item #714288NEW YORK TIMES, June 21, 1932.
* Amelia Earhart welcome home
* NYC Ticket tape parade
* Transatlantic flight (Airplane)
* 1st woman to achieve solo
The front page has one column headings: "MRS. PUTNAM HOME; GETS CITY'S HOMAGE" "Greeted Down Bay by Swooping Planes, Cheered by Throngs and Decorated by Mayor" and more. (see... Read full description -
Item #698359THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1932
* Amelia Earhart - transatlantic flight
* 1st woman to achieve in airplane solo
* Visits Rome, Italy - Benito Mussolini
Page 6 has a one column heading: "WELCOME IN ROME FOR MRS. PUTNAM" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Compete in 46 pages, this is... Read full description
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