Irene Corbally Kuhn

Irene Corbally Kuhn
Kuhn in 1945
Born
Irene Corbally

(1898-01-15)January 15, 1898
New York City, United States
DiedDecember 30, 1995(1995-12-30) (aged 97)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist

Irene Corbally Kuhn (15 January 1898 – 30 December 1995) was a journalist and author, whose career spanned seven decades in five continents. She became famous in the 1920s and '30s by working as a reporter for many newspapers in the United States and China. Mrs. Kuhn was a woman of many "firsts", among others, she was the first woman to broadcast from the Orient and the first individual to broadcast from a US Navy vessel. In addition to countless columns for numerous newspapers, she also wrote a memoir, a documentary and a screen-play.