A female war correspondent so popular that she had some credibility in saying she controlled half of her newspaper’s circulation approached General Winfield Scott during the Mexican War with information that could help him. He was unwilling to get help from someone in petticoats.

A female war correspondent so popular that she had some credibility in saying she controlled half of her newspaper’s circulation approached General Winfield Scott during the Mexican War with information that could help him. He was unwilling to get help from someone in petticoats.

– Harold Holzer –

Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion

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