Rheta Childe Dorr

Rheta Childe Dorr (1868-1948) was an American author and social worker, born at Omaha, Neb. After studying for two years at the University of Nebraska she became editor of the woman's department of the New York "Evening Post" (1902-06), and a member of the staff of "Hampton's Magazine" (1908-11). She made special investigations as a worker in factories, mills, and department stores in order to study the labor conditions for women and children. She was war correspondent for a syndicate of 21 newspapers during 1917-18, and became foreign correspondent with headquarters at Prague in 1920.

External links

* [http://history.enotes.com/1910-media-american-decades/dorr-rheta-childe Profile (summary) at enotes.com]
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Works

* "What Eight Million Women Want" (1910)
* "Inside the Russian Revolution" (1917)
* "The Soldier's Mother in France" (1918)
* "CzechoSlovakia" (1921)
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