Marianne Means
| Marianne Means | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marianne Hansen June 13, 1934 Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Occupation | journalist, columnist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Nebraska University George Washington University |
| Spouse | Emmet Riordan Edward H. DeHart Warren Weaver Jr James J. Kilpatrick |
Marianne Means (born Marianne Hansen, June 13, 1934) is a Washington-based syndicated political columnist and was a White House correspondent for many years.
Means was born on June 13, 1934, in Sioux City, Iowa. She was the daughter of Ernest Maynard Hansen and Else Marie Johanne (Andersen) Hansen. Means attended public schools in Sioux City where she grew up.
Means graduated from the Nebraska University receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1956. She received a Juris Doctor law degree from George Washington University in Washington D.C. in 1977.
Means started her career working for the Dakoto County Star in 1954 as a reporter and used the pen name "Marianne Hansen Means" and "Marianne Means". She next worked for the Lincoln Journal as a copy editor in Lincoln, Nebraska 1955–57. She worked there also as their wire editor and did these jobs for two years through 1956. She then moved to the Washington, D.C. area and took a new position as the Woman's editor on the Northern Virginia Sun in Arlington, Virginia in 1957. She worked there as supervisor of a staff of 15 men for two years.
Means then took a position at the Hearst Newspapers in 1959. She became their group's Washington bureau correspondent covering Capital Hill and politics. In 1960 she was assigned to Presidential conventions and the campaign of John F. Kennedy. Her journalism career took off when she escorted and wrote about Kennedy and his speechwriter Theodore C. Sorensen visiting Nebraska University. After Kennedy was elected President he suggested that Means be assigned full-time for the White House coverage. It was known by Secret Service agents and members of the press that she was one of President Kennedy's many lovers. She worked as White House correspondent from 1961 to 1965. She was the first woman reporter to be assigned full-time coverage of the White House.
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