Background
Elwood-Akers, Virginia Edythe was born on November 9, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of George Henry and Eileen Edythe Elwood.
(More than 75 women served as war correspondents in the Vi...)
More than 75 women served as war correspondents in the Vietnam War, covering every aspect of the war from human interest to combat. They worked for major news media and won major journalism awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. Several women reporters were wounded in combat, three were taken prisoner, and two were killed. Yet, with few exceptions, they are not mentioned in studies of the media in Vietnam. This book chronicles their contribution from 1961 until 1975, with excerpts from the work of Dickey Chapelle, Beverly Deepe, Frances Fitzgerald, Martha Gellhorn, Georgie Anne Geyer, Marguerite Higgins, Jurate Kazickas, Mary McCarthy, Patches (Helen) Musgrove, Elizabeth Pond, Philippa Schuyler, and Kate Webb.
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Elwood-Akers, Virginia Edythe was born on November 9, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of George Henry and Eileen Edythe Elwood.
Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964. Master of Library Science, University Oregon, 1972. Master of Arts in Massachusetts Communications, California State University, Northridge, 1981.
Editor University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1970-1971, writer, 1971-1972. Library, archivist California State University, Northridge, 1972—2001, retired, 2001. Reader Huntington Library., San Marino, California, since 1990.
(More than 75 women served as war correspondents in the Vi...)
Member Western Association Women Historians, Society California Archivists.
Married Roy Stanley Akers, April 12, 1980 (widowed May 2003).