Marion Carpenter

Marion Carpenter was a revolutionary woman journalist during the 1950s. She was the first female national press photographer to cover Washington D.C. and the White House. She was born in St. Paul Minnesota in 1920, where she studied to be a nurse. In her free time, she joined the St. Paul Camera Club and became interested in news photography. She later moved to Washington D.C. and worked for the Washington Times-Herald. Then, she started to cover for the White House, where President Harry S. Truman was serving. She was the only female press photographer to travel with Truman on a daily basis. She died at age 82, and was forgotten until recently, where she is now remembered as a pioneer in journalism for women.