Jane Grant

Journalist

Birthday May 29, 1892

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Missouri

DEATH DATE Mar 16, 1972 (79)

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About

Journalist and co-founder of The New Yorker who was also the first full-fledged reporter at The New York Times.

Before Fame

She moved to New York from Kansas when she was 16 to pursue a career in singing.

Trivia

She was the first full fledged female reporter at The New York Times and reported mostly on women's issues.

Family Life

She married her second husband, William Harris, in 1939.

Associated With

She co-founded The New Yorker with her first husband, Harold Ross.