Zilfa Estcourt
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May 3, 1883
Zilfa Estcourt | |
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 Excerpted from May 1904 news story simultaneously commemorating Phillips' college graduation and post-graduate scholarship. | |
| Born | Zilpha Eugenie Phillips May 3, 1883 Black River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | December 17, 1959 (aged 76) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Zilfa Phillips |
| Alma mater | Whitworth College, University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1914–1948 |
| Spouse |
Harry Slocum Estcourt
(m. 1921; died 1937) |
Zilfa Estcourt (born Zilpha Eugenie Phillips, May 3, 1883 – December 17, 1959) was an American newspaper columnist and editor. Described variously as "the dean of west coast woman writers"[3] and as being "to newspapers what Ethel Barrymore is to the stage,"[4] Estcourt was the women's editor at the Tacoma Tribune[5][6] and San Francisco Chronicle.[7]
On May 3, 1883, Zilpha Eugenie Phillips was born in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, the oldest of four children born to Thomas Henry Phillips and Emma Eugenie Jesse.[8] Sometime between 1991 and 1900, the family relocated to Tacoma, Washington,[9][10] and, in 1904, Pillips received a Bachelor of Art's degree from Whitworth College in Spokane.[11] At that time, she was awarded a scholarship to the University of Chicago,[12] where she earned her master's degree the following year.[13][14]