Ethel Armes

Who was Ethel Armes?

Ethel Marie Armes was an American journalist and historian.

Born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Col. George Augustus Armes and Lucy Hamilton Kerr, Ethel was brought up in Washington, D.C. where she attended private schools. She worked as a reporter for the Chicago Chronicle in 1899 and then Washington Post during 1900–1903. In 1904 she became engaged to the Japanese poet Yone Noguchi and planned to join him in Japan, but broke off the engagement under scandalous circumstances. In 1905–06 she was on the Birmingham Age-Herald and performed syndicated work for magazines and newspapers. She authored a number of important historical works.