Flora Lewis
| Flora Lewis | |
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Flora Lewis ca. 1941
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| Born | July 25, 1922 Los Angeles |
| Died | June 2, 2002 (aged 79) Paris |
| Cause of death | cancer |
| Nationality | American journalist |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University(M.A.) UCLA(B.A.) |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Years active | 1942 – 2002 |
| Employer | The New York Times |
| Known for | reportage |
| Spouse(s) | Sydney Gruson |
| Children | Kerry, Sheila, Lindsey |
| Awards | Overseas Press Club awards, Edward Weintal Award, Cross of the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, NYWC's Matrix Award for Newspapers, NYU's Elmer Holmes Bobst Award in Arts and Letters |
Flora Lewis (25 July 1922—June 2, 2002) was an American journalist.
Flora Lewis was born into a Jewish family in Los Angeles. Her father Benjamin Lewis was a lawyer and mother Pauline Kallin a pianist. She graduated high school at the age of 15 and earned a BA from the University of California at Los Angeles graduating summa cum laude three years later. She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received her master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism in 1942 just before turning 20.
In 1942, Lewis joined The Associated Press (AP) in New York and Washington. In 1945, the AP sent her to London, where she married Sydney Gruson, a New York Times correspondent. For the next 20 years, she was based in London, Jerusalem, Prague, Warsaw, Geneva, Bonn, Paris and Mexico City. European publishers included The Observer, The Economist and The Financial Times in London and France-Soir in Paris.
From 1956 to 1966 Lewis was a reporter for The Washington Post, where her work landed her on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
In 1966, Newsday published and syndicated her first column.
In 1972 The New York Times appointed her foreign and diplomatic correspondent. The Times then had a rule against hiring wives of its correspondents, Lewis, however, contributed frequently to The New York Times Magazine and wrote for other publications. She has the distinction of being the first woman to be given her own column on the New York Times op-ed page.
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