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Virginia Irwin: St. Louis Reporter at War

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During World War II, St. Louis Post-Dispatch war correspondent Virginia Irwin faced gender bias and German bullets while reporting from the battlefield. Despite being among many barrier-breaking women correspondents, today few history books mention her. “A Closed Shop” Born in 1908 in Quincy, Illinois, Virginia Irwin started working at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1932 …
Brittany Krewson