Marguerite (Higgins) Hall (1920 - 1966)

Born 3 Sep 1920 in Hong Kong, China

Ancestors

Died 3 Jan 1966 at age 45 in Washington D.C., United States

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Biography

Marguerite (Higgins) Hall is Notable.

American reporter and war correspondent. Higgins covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and in the process advanced the cause of equal access for female war correspondents

Marguerite Higgins was born on 3 Sep 1920 in Hong Kong, China. She attended the University of California at Berkley and Columbia University. She worked for New York Herald Tribune (1942–1963) and as a syndicated columnist for Newsday. She was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence awarded in 1951 for her coverage of the Korean War. ^[1]

She covered World War II from London and Paris. She subsequently was assigned to Germany where she covered the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, the Nuremberg war trials, and the Soviet Union's blockade of Berlin. She was one of the first reporters to cover the Korean War. Korea, she came to the country as one of the first reporters. General Douglas MacArthur, sent a telegram to the Tribune stating: "Ban on women correspondents in Korea has been lifted. Marguerite Higgins is held in highest professional esteem by everyone." Her Korean War coverage was a major breakthrough for female war correspondents. Her initial banishment from Korea and MacArthur's subsequent reversal allowing Higgins to remain at the front made headlines in the United States and made her into a celebrity.

After joining Newsday, she covered the Vietnam War where she "visited hundreds of villages", interviewed most of the major figures, and wrote a book entitled Our Vietnam Nightmare.

She died in 1966. She is mentioned on a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, United States with a death date of 3 January 1966.^[2]

Census Information

• In the 1930 census Marguerite (age 9) was the daughter of Lawrence Higgins at 5805 Chabot Court, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.^[3]
• In the 1940 census Marguerite (age 17) was the single daughter of Lawrence Higgins in Oakland, Alameda, California.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.pulitzer.org/article/marguerite-higgins-hits-red-beach
2. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #5849923 (accessed 4 November 2022)
   Memorial page for Marguerite Higgins Hall Famous memorial (3 Sep 1920-3 Jan 1966), citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA (plot: Section 2, Lot. 4705); Maintained by Find a Grave.
3. ↑ 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1930; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0051; FHL microfilm: 2339837
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #88835987 (accessed 4 November 2022)
   Marguerite Higgins (9), single daughter, in household of Lawrence Higgins (34) at 5805 Chabot Court, Oakland, Alameda, California, USA. Born in China.
4. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1940; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: m-t0627-00445; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 61-8
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #70721133 (accessed 4 November 2022)
   Marguerite Higgins (17), single daughter, in household of Lawrence Higgins (44) in Oakland, Alameda, California. Born in China.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Marguerite Higgins
• Wikidata: Item Q529290, en:Wikipedia