American journalist and radio broadcaster (1893–1961)
For other people named Dorothy Thompson, see Dorothy Thompson (disambiguation).
Dorothy Thompson
Thompson in 1930
Born
Dorothy Celene Thompson
July 9, 1893
Lancaster, New York, U.S.
Died
January 30, 1961(1961-01-30) (aged 67)
Lisbon, Portugal
Education
Lewis Institute Syracuse University
Spouses
Joseph Bard
(m. 1923; div. 1927)
Sinclair Lewis
(m. 1928; div. 1942)
Maxim Kopf
(m. 1945; died 1958)
Children
2
Dorothy Celene Thompson (July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961) was an American journalist and radio broadcaster. She was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany in 1934 and was one of the few women news commentators broadcasting on radio during the 1930s.[1][2] Thompson is regarded by some as the "First Lady of American Journalism"[3] and was recognized by Time magazine in 1939 as equal in influence to Eleanor Roosevelt.[4] Recordings of her NBC Radio commentary and analysis of the European situation and the start of World War II (from Aug. 23-Sept. 6, 1939) were selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2023, based on their "cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage."[5]
^Kurth, Peter (1990). All American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson. Boston: Little Brown & Co.
^Nancy, Cott (April 30, 2020). "A Good Journalist Understands That Fascism Can Happen Anywhere, Anytime: On the 1930s Antifascist Writing of Dorothy Thompson". Literary Hub. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^Sanders, Marion K. (1973). Dorothy Thompson: A legend in her time. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
^"The Press: Cartwheel Girl". Time. June 12, 1939. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
^"Recording Registry: 2023". National Recording Preservation Board. Library of Congress. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
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