Robinson, Grace, 1894-1985.

Grace Robinson was a nationally known woman journalist in the New York City area. Robinson was born in Omaha, Nebraska on June 10, 1894. She started her journalism career in 1917 as Telegraph Editor of the "Omaha Bee". She relocated to the New York City area in 1918 and worked short stints with the "Newark (New Jersey) Ledger" (1918-1920), the "New York Evening Mail" (1920-1922), and the "New York American Pictorial" (1922). Robinson became a staff writer for the "New York Daily News" in 1922 and enjoyed an illustrious career with this newspaper. She was a well-known crime writer by the mid-1920s, covering the Hall-Mills Murder Trial in 1926 and the Snyder-Gray Murder Trial a year later. Her career with the "New York Daily News" was briefly interrupted by a stint at "Liberty Magazine" (1928-1931). In 1928, she took a cross country automobile trip with her younger sister Ester Robinson and wrote about their experiences in the article series "Gasoline Gypsies". She also covered the 1930 pilgrimage of World War I Gold Star Mothers and Widows to France. When Robinson returned to the "New York Daily News", she visited the Soviet Union and Germany as a foreign correspondent in 1932. Continuing her work as a crime writer, Robinson extensively covered the Charles Lindbergh Jr. Murder Case in 1935-1936. During the 1930s and 1940s, she covered both President Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1946, she served as a war correspondent in Germany. Robinson reached the pinnacle of her career in 1956 by writing "Will Your Boy Go Bad?", an article series about the Glueck Social Prediction Table to predict juvenile delinquency in boys, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Robinson retired from the "New York Daily News" in 1964, but continued to write on a freelance basis. Grace Robinson was married to Robert Conway, a fellow reporter at the "New York Daily News". She passed away on December 3, 1985.

From the description of Grace Robinson papers, 1892-1991. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 65193897

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