Maggie Higgins Broke Barriers as a Fearless Female War Reporter in the Male-Dominated Journalism Industry

Marguerite "Maggie" Higgins was a fiercely competitive female war correspondent who won a Pulitzer Prize in the male-dominated journalism industry of the mid-20th century.

Higgins talked her way into journalism school and jobs by inflating her resume, and ruthlessly pursued scoops, making many enemies.

As a foreign correspondent, Higgins covered major events like the liberation of Dachau, the Nuremberg trials, the Berlin airlift, and the Korean War.

Higgins had affairs, clashed with younger male reporters in Vietnam, and continued working despite personal tragedies like the death of her premature baby.

Though celebrated as a trailblazer, Higgins' gender remained a novelty rather than a lens through which she viewed the world differently than male reporters.