Rheta Childe Dorr
Encyclopedia
Rheta Childe Dorr was an American
author, journalist (muckraker
) and social worker.
in 1868. After studying for two years at the University of Nebraska she became editor of the woman's department of the New York
Evening Post
(1902–1906), and a member of the staff of Hampton's Magazine (1908–1911). She made special investigations as a worker in factories, mills, and department stores in order to study the labor conditions for women and children. She was war correspondent for a syndicate of 21 newspapers during 1917–1918, and became foreign correspondent with headquarters at Prague
in 1920. She died in 1948.
United States
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author, journalist (muckraker
Muckraker
The term muckraker is closely associated with reform-oriented journalists who wrote largely for popular magazines, continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting, and emerged in the United States after 1900 and continued to be influential until World War I, when through a combination...
) and social worker.
Biography
She was born at Omaha, NebraskaOmaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
in 1868. After studying for two years at the University of Nebraska she became editor of the woman's department of the New York
New York City
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Evening Post
New York Post
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(1902–1906), and a member of the staff of Hampton's Magazine (1908–1911). She made special investigations as a worker in factories, mills, and department stores in order to study the labor conditions for women and children. She was war correspondent for a syndicate of 21 newspapers during 1917–1918, and became foreign correspondent with headquarters at Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
in 1920. She died in 1948.
External links
Works
- What Eight Million Women Want (1910)
- Inside the Russian Revolution (1917)
- The Soldier's Mother in France (1918)
- Czecho-SlovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
(1921) - Drink: Coercion or Control? (1929)