Eleanor, Countess Gizycki | |
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Born | Elinor Josephine Patterson November 7, 1881 |
Died | July 24, 1948 | (aged 66)
Education | Miss Porter's School |
Spouse |
Count Josef Gizycki
(m. 1904, divorced) |
Children | Felicia Leonora Gizycki |
Parent(s) | Robert Wilson Patterson Elinor Medill Patterson |
Relatives | Joseph Medill Patterson (brother) Joseph Medill (grandfather) |
Eleanor Josephine Medill "Cissy" Patterson, Countess Gizycki (November 7, 1881 – July 24, 1948) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, publisher and owner. She was one of the first women to head a major daily newspaper, the Washington Times-Herald in Washington, D.C.