Misplaced Pages

Anna Northend Benjamin (1874–1902) was an American photojournalist, the first female photojournalist to report on a war. She covered both the Spanish-American War and the Philippine Insurrection.

Life

Benjamin was born in Salem, Massachusetts on October 6, 1874. She reported on the Spanish-American War for Leslie's Weekly, despite the fact that the US government banned women journalists from the war zone. She reported on the Philippine insurrection for the New York Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle. She also wrote for magazines like The Outlook, Munsey's Magazine and Ainslee's Magazine.

Benjamin died of a tumor on January 2, 1902, while visiting her sister in France.

References

1. Eaman, Ross (2009). "Benjamin, Anna (1874-1902)". Historical Dictionary of Journalism. Sacrecrow Press. p. 87.
2. ^ Prieto, Laura R. (2013). "Benjamin, Anna Northend (1874-1902)". In Frank, Lisa Tendrich (ed.). An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-59884-444-3.

This article about an American journalist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1874 births
• 1902 deaths
• American war photographers
• American women photojournalists
• 20th-century American women photographers
• 20th-century American photographers
• American photojournalists
• 19th-century American journalists
• 19th-century American women journalists
• American journalist stubs