Peggy Hull

Peggy Hull (December 30, 1889 – June 19, 1967) was born in Bennington, Kansas. In 1918, she became America’s first female war correspondent, officially legitimized by the United States government.^[1] Peggy Hull followed American soldiers around the world and was the first woman covering from battlefronts. The reason for the popularity of her articles was her unique perspective. She presented personal stories of the lives of the soldiers in an intimate way.

At the age of sixteen Peggy Hull made her first journalistic experiences, during her work for a local newspaper in Kansas.

Coverage of World War II

At the beginning of World War II Peggy Hull already was a senior correspondent compared to the rising number of younger reporting women. Her time as an adventurous correspondent had taken over. She lost her style of an eye-witness reporter, what she had been famous for during World War I.
In World War II Peggy Hull mainly covered the Pacific War. Therefore she was working in military bases and hospitals in Hawaii until January 1945, writing stories about soldiers in a relaxed, sensitive and heart breaking way.

References

Reflections Online journal
Spartacus Educational Online
Peggy Hull - Women in Journalism