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After a few years working as an assistant editor and covering literary and society events, Forbes got her breakthrough story in 1921 when she went to
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Most of Herrick's work in the 1920s was the crime beat, reporting on Chicago's many gangsters and criminals. In 1924, she covered the
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In August 1935, Herrick was seriously injured in and spent months recovering from a car accident in New Mexico that killed
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Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
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She became one of the "faithful four" reporters most trusted by Roosevelt and was a frequent lunch guest at the
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Herrick took a special interest in women in politics, covering, among others, US Representative
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in 1917. At Northwestern, she was the first female editor-in-chief of the student newspaper,
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The Herricks moved to New Mexico in 1951. Genevieve Herrick did little writing in the 1950s.
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Reportedly, the judge in the trial delayed sentencing to accommodate the Herricks' wedding.
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Herrick continued her journalistic work at other outlets, including regular columns at the
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Genevieve Forbes Herrick: A "Chicago Tribune" Reporter Covers Women in Politics
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Watts, L. (2010). Covering Eleanor Roosevelt: Associated press reporter
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on December 17, 1962, at the age of 68. The Herricks are buried in
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was an ardent opponent of the Roosevelt administration and the
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Genevieve Forbes undercover as an Irish immigrant in 1921.
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Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes
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Writer, Barbara Brotman, Tribune Staff (June 8, 1997).
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In March 1930, Herrick interviewed notorious gangster
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Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
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