Jane Swisshelm, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jane Swisshelm

American journalist

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1815

Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jul-1884

Profession: nurse, editor, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm (December 6, 1815 – July 22, 1884) was an American journalist, publisher, abolitionist, and women's rights advocate.
She was one of the first women journalists hired by Horace Greeley at his New York Tribune.
She was active as a writer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and as a publisher and editor in St.
Cloud, Minnesota, where she founded a string of newspapers and regularly wrote for them. While working for the federal government in Washington, D.C., during the administration of President Andrew Johnson, Swisshelm founded her last newspaper, Reconstructionist.
Her published criticism of Johnson led to her losing her job and the closing of the paper.
She published her autobiography in 1881.