Sonia Tomara | |
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 Sonia Tomara (second from left) with some female war correspondents during World War II | |
| Born | 26 February 1897 St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 7 September 1982 (aged 85) Princeton Medical Center, New Jersey, United States |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, war correspondent |
| Years active | 1920–1947 |
| Employers | |
| Known for | Reporting from Europe and Asia during World War II |
| Spouse | |
Sonia Tomara (26 February 1897– 7 September 1982) was a Russian-born journalist who is regarded as the first female war correspondent of World War II.[1] Tomara is known for her foreign and war reporting for the New York Herald Tribune. As a staff writer, she reported on the onset of World War II in Europe, including the German invasion of Poland and the fall of France. Tomara reported from India, Burma, China, Egypt, and Iran. In 1943, she covered the Tehran Conference. By 1944, Tomara had returned to Europe to report on the Normandy campaign, the liberation of Paris, and the Seventh Army's advance through Alsace.[2]
- ^ Nancy Signorielli (1996). Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 316–. ISBN 978-0-313-29164-7.
- ^ Reporting World War II: American Journalism 1938-1946, Part 1, United States: Library of America, p. 862.