Martha Louise Rayne | |
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| Born | Martha Louise Woodworth August 1, 1836 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | August 8, 1911 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Mrs. M. L. Rayne |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, writer |
| Years active | 1865–1910 |
| Known for | founding journalism school |
Martha Louise Rayne (1836–1911) was an American who was an early woman journalist. In addition to writing and editing several journals, she serialized short stories and poems in newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, and the Los Angeles Herald. In addition to newspaper work, she published a guidebook of Chicago, etiquette books, and several novels. In 1886, she founded what may have been the first women's journalism school in the United States and four years later became a founding member and first vice president of the Michigan Woman's Press Association. Rayne was posthumously inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2002.