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Mary J. Hornaday

Mary J. Hornaday
A young white woman with dark wavy hair parted on the side and cut into a short bob, wearing a knit top with a darker collar and front placket
Mary J. Hornaday, from the 1927 yearbook of Swarthmore College
BornApril 5, 1906
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedApril 20, 1982 (age 76)
Riverdale, New York, U.S.
OccupationJournalist
RelativesRaymond E. Willis (uncle)

Mary Josephine Hornaday (April 5, 1906 – April 20, 1982) was an American journalist. She was vice president of the Overseas Press Club of America in 1952 and in 1965, while she was working for The Christian Science Monitor.

Early life and education

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Hornaday was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of James Parks Hornaday and Mary Gertrude Willis Hornaday.[1] Her father was chief of the Washington bureau of the Indianapolis News; brothers Fred, James, and Hilton, and her uncle William, also worked in journalism.[2][3] Her maternal uncle, Raymond E. Willis, was a United States senator from Indiana.[4] She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1927.[5][6]

Career

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Hornaday began as a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor in 1927, at the Washington bureau. In 1932 she interviewed First Lady Lou Henry Hoover about Girl Scouting.[7] In 1936 she served as president of the Women's National Press Club. She knew Eleanor Roosevelt well,[8] and chaired Roosevelt's press conferences at the White House.[9] She went to London after World War II to cover postwar relief efforts. Hornaday reported from the magazine's West Coast bureau from 1946 to 1950. In 1952, and again in 1965, she was vice-president of the Overseas Press Club of America.[10] In the 1950s and 1960s she covered the United Nations from the New York bureau.[11]

Selected publications

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Personal life

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Hornaday died in 1982, at the age of 76, in Riverdale, New York.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "James P. Hornaday, News Writer, Dies; Washington Correspondent Since 1901 of Indianapolis News; Began as Reporter in 1884". The New York Times. December 25, 1935. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via TimesMachine.
  2. ^ "Hilton P. Hornaday, Veteran Financial Editor of News, Dead". The Buffalo News. 1957-04-01. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "J. P. Hornaday Dies in Capital". The Indianapolis Star. 1935-12-25. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  4. ^ Guthrie, Wayne (1969-02-03). "Ringside in Hoosierland: Hornaday was a True Press Gentleman". The Indianapolis News. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Howes, Durward (1935). American Women. Richard Blank Publishing Company. p. 427.
  6. ^ Swarthmore College, Halcyon (1927 yearbook): 77.
  7. ^ "First Lady Sends Message to Girls". The Daily Plainsman. 1932-10-12. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Writer Sizes Up Mrs. Roosevelt". The Boston Globe. 1943-12-19. p. 37. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Tufty, Esther V. W. (1944-01-10). "When First Lady Meets Ladies of the Press". The World. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "New OPC VPs named". The Overseas Press Bulletin. 1965-07-24 – via CIA Reading Room, via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ collum, Cathy (1957-11-03). "Writer to Speak At Matrix Dinner". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 64. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Hornaday, Mary (December 5, 1962). "Cuban Prisoner Release Pushed". Christian Science Monitor – via CIA Reading Room, via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Hornaday, Mary J. (1963-10-31). American to Fly Aid to Cuba Needy. CIA Reading Room: Christian Science Monitor – via Internet Archive.
  14. ^ Hornaday, Mary J. (February 21, 1964). "Oswald's Mother Tells Her Version". Christian Science Monitor – via CIA Reading Room, via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ "Mary Hornaday Dies, Former Monitor Writer". The New York Times. April 22, 1982. p. D23. Retrieved 2024-05-07 – via TimesMachine.