Schau, Virginia M. (1915–1989)
Schau, Virginia M. (1915–1989)
American photographer. Born Feb 23, 1915; died May 28, 1989, in Santa Rosa, CA; m. Walter Schau.
While an amateur photographer, became 2nd person and 1st woman to win Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography (1954), shooting the 2 winning pictures of husband rescuing a truck driver whose vehicle went over side of Pit River Bridge near Redding, CA (1953).
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