Grant, Jane (1895–1972)

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Grant, Jane (1895–1972)

American feminist. Born May 29, 1895; died Mar 1972 in Litchfield, Connecticut; 1st wife of Harold W. Ross (publisher), Mar 27, 1920 (div. 1929); m. Richard Harris (editor of Fortune), 1939.

One of the founders of the New York Newspaper Women's Club and a charter member of the Algonquin set, was the 1st full-fledged female reporter for The New York Times; with 1st husband, co-founded The New Yorker and was instrumental in getting him to include Janet Flanner's letters from Paris; refusing to give up her birth name after marrying, was an organizing force behind the formation of the Lucy Stone League.

See also autobiography Ross, The New Yorker and Me (1968).

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