Irene S. Taylor
Irene Tilka Taylor (née Silverstein May 28,1902 - September 2, 1989) was a Missouri journalist, a public information specialist for the U.S. Women's Army Corps during World War II, and later worked as an Intelligence Officer after the war in Austria[1]. During her career as a journalist, she reported on a lot of major events such as the 1938 Windsor Wedding, the Spanish civil war, life as an American Expat, and the evacuation of Americans during the start of World War II in Paris. She worked at a variety of newspapers including the St. Louis Post Dispatch, was a corespondent for the Chicago Tribune, the New York Herald Tribune, New York Daily News and the United Press International[1][2].
Early Life
Irene Taylor was born in St Joseph, Missouri in September 1902.[2] Irene was the daughter of William and Bella Stone Silverstein, and the older sister of Harris Silverstein, who was two years younger than Irene. He was born in 1904. [3] She grew up in St. Joseph and attended Wyatt Elementary School and later Central High School.
In 1920, she ran away from home and went to Columbia, Missouri, the home of the University of Missouri-Columbia. She wanted to go to their School of Journalism. Her parents thought that she would never stay. But, she proved them wrong and graduated in 1924 with a degree in Advertising.[2]
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- ^ a b "Taylor, Irene S. (1902-1989), Papers, 1891-1986" (PDF). The State Historical Society of Missouri. The State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ a b c Dains, Mary K. (1989). Show me Missouri women : selected biographies / Missouri Women's History Project. Kirksville, Mo., USA: Thomas Jefferson University Press. pp. 152–153. ISBN 9780943549057.
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