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True or false: Martha Gellhorn was born in Pennsylvania.
True or false: Martha Gellhorn was born in Pennsylvania.
False (B)
True or false: Martha Gellhorn was married twice.
True or false: Martha Gellhorn was married twice.
False (B)
True or false: Martha Gellhorn won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
True or false: Martha Gellhorn won the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
True (A)
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Study Notes
- Martha Gellhorn was born in St. Louis, Missouri on November 8, 1908.
- She was the daughter of a successful business owner and a socially prominent mother.
- Gellhorn was educated at the John Burroughs School in St. Louis and later attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
- After college, Gellhorn traveled extensively, including a trip to Europe where she met and interviewed some of the leading intellectuals and artists of the time.
- In the 1930s, Gellhorn began to focus more on international affairs, and she covered the Spanish Civil War and the rise of fascism in Europe.
- Gellhorn received numerous awards and accolades for her work, including the Overseas Press Club Award, the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction, and the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
- She was also inducted into the Missouri Journalism Hall of Fame.
- Gellhorn was married three times and had no children.
- Gellhorn died in 1998 and her legacy as a journalist and author is enduring.
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