About Elizabeth Deeble
Lived 1899 – 1972 (aged 72–73). Elizabeth Deeble was an American journalist.
Elizabeth Deeble (1899–1972) was an American journalist who lived in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. She worked in Barcelona and signed her articles "E.O. Deeble" to avoid rejection from editors due to her being a woman. Her friends thus began calling her "Deeble".
She was a friend of Kitty Bowler, a volunteer from the World Committee Against War and Fascism. She also maintained a correspondence with Josephine Cobb. Deeble lived fifteen years in Barcelona and was also described as a "superb guide".
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Who was Elizabeth Deeble?
American journalist
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Elizabeth Deeble was born in 1899.
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Elizabeth Deeble died in 1972.
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Elizabeth Deeble was a journalist.
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Elizabeth Deeble was American.
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