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Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism
The late Washington newspaper columnist Mary McGrory would have loved the error.
About Mary McGrory.
The winners of the Goodreads giveaway for her biography, “Mary McGrory, The First Queen of Journalism,” by John Norris, opened their mailboxes find a children’s book, “Froggy Goes to the Library.”
It was as if Mary were reaching out in spirit, moving paragraphs around in characteristic defiance.
Despite her decades in Washington politics, her famous words after Kennedy’s funeral, her Pulitzer for covering Watergate, and her pride in being on Nixon’s enemies list, she wanted to spotlight the decades – and hours of reading children’s books – she spent as a weekly volunteer at St.
Ann's, a Catholic children’s home in D.C. She even recruited her high-profile political and media friends to help out. Imagine Tim Russert of “Meet the Press” in a Santa Claus suit.
With the power of her pen in newsprint, Mary had incredible access on the front line
