April 29th

Born this day in 1867, Margherita Hamm, noted journalist and suffragist. Hamm was the first woman to cover a war( Spanish-American War) from the front lines. Described as energetic and attractive, Hamm's first job was a reporter with the Boston Herald. A move to New York City and a marriage to American Vice-Consul to Amoy China- which put Hamm in a well positioned to be a foreign correspondent for the New York newspapers when the Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1898. Hamm wrote about travel and High Society and of course the military. Sadly, Margherita died of pneumonia at the young age of 40.