Helen Palmer Henley
American journalist (1903–1976)
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Helen Elisabeth Palmer Henley Robertson (November 26, 1903 – July 1976) was an American journalist. A 1961 Guggenheim Fellow, she worked in the staff at The Christian Science Monitor, including as a reporter, assistant to the American news editor, and farm editor.
November 26, 1903
- Newspaper editor
- reporter
Helen Palmer Henley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Helen Elisabeth Palmer November 26, 1903 Norwood, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | July 1976 (aged 72) |
| Education | Principia College |
| Occupations |
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| Employer | The Christian Science Monitor |
| Spouse |
Francis Kern Henley
(m. 1925; died 1928) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1961) |
Biography
Helen Elisabeth Palmer[1] was born on November 26, 1903, in Norwood, Ohio.[2] She was the daughter of Nellie and lumber company manager Walter Carey Palmer.[1][3][4] She attended Evansville Central High School,[5] before obtaining her AA at Principia College in 1923.[2]
After working at Principia Publications as an assistant editor (1929–1932), she joined the staff team of The Christian Science Monitor in 1934.[2] After spending almost a decade as an advertising copywriter, she was promoted to assistant woman's editor in 1949 and assistant to the American news editor in 1949, before becoming a general news reporter in 1950.[2] In 1956, she returned to the newspaper's editorial staff as their farm editor.[2] She also taught at her alma mater Principia College as a summer writing lecturer from 1956 until 1958.[2] In 1961, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for "a study of the family farm in the contemporary United States".[6][2] Henley, who by then had retired from The Christian Science Monitor and assumed the surname Robertson, she was a speaker at the 1971 luncheon of the National League of American Pen Women Cahokia Valley Branch.[7]
On June 15, 1925, she married Francis Kern Henley,[1] a corset shop manager in Saginaw, Michigan.[8] They were married until his death on August 31, 1928.[8] Henley herself died in July 1976.[9]