Elizabeth Penrose Howkins

Elizabeth Penrose Howkins (née Penrose, 1900–1972) was an American fashion journalist who was the editor of British Vogue, and Glamour, and women's news editor for The New York Times in the 1950s.

Early life She was born on April 1, 1900 in Johnson County, Wyoming, the daughter of James Norman Penrose and Julia Corcoran.

Career Penrose began her career in 1924 working in the publicity department of the publisher E. P. Dutton. From 1931 to 1933 she worked as a merchandise editor of American Vogue magazine. Penrose was Condé Nast's "protégé and likely mistress".

In 1955 Penrose went to work for The New York Times as women's news editor, She retired in 1965. They divorced in 1938 "on grounds of extreme cruelty and neglect to provide". In 1952, she married retired British Army Officer and financial consultant Colonel Walter Ashby Howkins.

She died on January 10, 1972 in New York City.