1843 - 1896
Pearl Rivers American Journalist
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Details
| Birthday |
11th March, 1843
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| Birthplace |
Gainesville, Mississippi, USA
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| Died |
15th February, 1896
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| Place of Death |
New Orleans, Louisiana
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| Buried |
Metairie Cemetery
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| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Journalist and poet
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| Occupation |
Journalist
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Pearl Rivers (pen name of Eliza Jane Nicholson; formerly Holbrook; née Poitevent; March 11, 1843 – February 15, 1896) was a 19th-century American journalist and poet, and the first female editor of a major American newspaper. After having been the literary editor of the New Orleans Times Picayune, became the owner and publisher 1876 when her elderly husband died. In 1880 she took over as managing editor, where she continued until her death in 1896.
