Erskine, Helen Worden, 1896-1984

Dates:
Birth 1896
Death 1984

Biographical notes:

Journalist, writer; interviewee married John Erskine and later W.H.H.Cranmer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Helen Worden Erskine : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734071

Helen Worden Erskine, 1896-1984, journalist and author.

Reporter and columnist, The World (later New York World-Telegram), 1926-1944; wrote for many magazines, 1944-1956; wrote the "Dorothy Dix Column," 1959-1964; published books on New York City and recluses; ghost writer for several books & many articles. Married John Erskine, author and professor of English at Columbia University, 1945 until his death in 1951; & to William Henry Harrison Cranmer, a mining engineer, 1959 until his death in 1967.

From the description of Helen Worden Erskine papers, 1860-1984. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 493894409

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  • Travel
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  • Women journalists

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  • Great Britain (as recorded)
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  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)