565. Catharine Cole, Louisiana journalist. Louisiana
Studies Conference presentation. Stephen & Bruce give their
presentation about Catharine Cole, one of Louisiana's first
women journalists. Catharine was best known from visiting every
parish in the state at that time, writing articles on each one
that reached every corner of Louisiana and beyond. "Martha
Reinhard Smallwood Field (May 24, 1854 – December 19, 1898),
known as Mattie Field, was an American journalist. She usually
wrote under the pen name Catharine Cole. She was one of the
earliest professional women newspaper reporters in New Orleans,
Louisiana. A champion of women's education and social justice,
she also founded the city's first circulating library and helped
found a number of other civic institutions."
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