Emma Bugbee

Emma Bugbee (May 19, 1888 – October 6, 1981) was an American suffragist and journalist. She participated in and reported on the 1912 Suffrage Hike from New York City to Albany, New York and reported on Eleanor Roosevelt for 34 years. She was one of the founders of the New York Newspaper Woman's Club, now called the Newswomen’s Club of New York.

Biography She was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. She later moved to New York. She graduated from Barnard College in 1909, where she was the student correspondent for the New York Tribune, later the New York Herald Tribune, Career

Expanding the role of women in journalism In 1914, she covered the Suffrage hike from Manhattan to Albany, New York. From 1924 to 1952, she covered national political conventions from women's points of view, and was known for trying to find the women's angle to any story she was assigned. She was present for the first convention in which women were voting delegates in 1924. Her writings on Mrs. Roosevelt contributed largely to the positive image of the Roosevelt administration. The club became known for its high journalistic standards, as well as its welfare committee and relief fund. Bugbee was amongst the founders of club, also serving as president for three terms.

Publications

Children's Literature Peggy Covers the News. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1936. Peggy Covers Washington. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1937. Peggy Covers London. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1939. Peggy Covers the Clipper. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1941. Peggy Goes Overseas. New York: Dodd, 1945.

Articles New York Herald Tribune. "Hopeful Scenes in the Women's Court Under Improved Conditions," 1919. New York Herald Tribune. "Hellen Keller Honoured at Dinner Here," 1955. New York Herald Tribune. "Mrs. Roosevelt: Portrait of a Beloved Woman," 1962. Susan Walker Fitzgerald, Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch, Maggie Murphy, and Emma Bugbee c. 1910