Dorothy Thompson: Biography, Facts and Career
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Dorothy Celene Thompson (July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961) was an American journalist and radio broadcaster. She was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany, in 1934, and was one of the few women news commentators broadcasting on radio during the 1930s. Thompson is regarded by some as the "First Lady of American Journalism" and was recognized by Time magazine in 1939 as equal in influence to Eleanor Roosevelt. Recordings of her NBC Radio commentary and analysis of the European situation and the start of World War II (from August 23 to September 6, 1939) were selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2023, based on their "cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage."
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- Full name: Dorothy Thompson
- Born: 1893-07-09
- Nationality: United States
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q275545
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Dorothy Celene Thompson (July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961) was an American journalist and radio broadcaster.
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Dorothy Thompson was born on 1893-07-09.
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