In the early Twentieth Century, Hattie N. Jones, news reporter, covered Cape Girardeau for St. Louis paper
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Browsing the 1920 Federal Census for the city of Cape Girardeau, my attention caught on this detail: Hattie N. Jones, female, black, 28, single, newspaper reporter. The local Daily Republican newspaper of the era employed no women reporters -- black or white. Lingering curiosity and extensive research revealed Jones was Cape Girardeau's reporter for the St. Louis Argus.
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