Malvina Stephenson

Malvina Stephenson (1911–1996) was an American journalist noted for her coverage of Washington, D.C. politics. She is considered to be one of the pioneering women reporters to break on the national scene. Stephenson also served as the press secretary and the biographer of Senator Robert Samuel Kerr.

Biography Stephenson was born on October 17, 1911, in Paris, Texas. Her family relocated to Hugo, Oklahoma where her father, Robert E. Stephenson, practiced law. She then relocated to Washington, D.C. and started covering Washington politics. In an interview, Stephenson said that she went to Washington with $700 savings.

Stephenson founded her own independent news bureau and became a regular correspondent for several newspapers such as the Tulsa World, Tulsa Tribune, Cincinnati Times-Star, The Kansas City Star, ABC Radio, and United Feature, among others.

In 1995 Stephenson published Kerr's biography. She died a year later, on February 16, 1996.