Molly Ivins
Journalist, Author
1944 – 2007
Who was Molly Ivins?
Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins was an American newspaper columnist, author, liberal political commentator, and humorist. Born in California and raised in Texas, Ivins attended Smith College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She began her journalism career at the Minneapolis Tribune where she became the first female police reporter at the paper. She joined the Texas Observer in the early 1970s and later moved to The New York Times. She moved to the Dallas Times Herald in the 1980s as a columnist, finally settling in at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram where her syndicated column reached 400 newspapers.
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- Born
- Aug 30, 1944
Monterey - Also known as
- Molly Ivens
- Mary Tyler Ivins
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Smith College
- Scripps College
- Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
- St. John's School
- Employment
- Columnist, Mother Jones
- Died
- Jan 31, 2007
Austin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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