Anne O'Hare McCormick

1880–1954 (age 74)

Journalist

Biography

Anne O'Hare McCormick devoted her career to illuminating international affairs, earning distinction as a journalist whose thoughtful dispatches brought distant places closer to home. Her reporting during turbulent decades offered clarity and compassion, and she became a standard-bearer for women in the press.

Her voice endures in the hearts of readers and colleagues alike, and Gate of Heaven Cemetery holds her restful place among the faithful keepers of her memory.

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