Wohlforth, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, married James Gilman and moved to New York, where she became Heywood Broun's secretary. From 1928 to 1931 she was a reporter for the NEW YORK JOURNAL. After divorcing Gilman she married Robert Wohlforth in 1930, and published SOB SISTER (1931), a novel about a female tabloid reporter which was made into a movie.
In the late 1930s Wohlforth went to Germany as a reporter for the International News Service to interview Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goring, and worked for the WASHINGTON HERALD covering Eleanor Roosevelt and New Deal projects. Settling in Ridgefield, Conn., Wohlforth wrote articles, stories and novels, worked for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, raised three sons, and published her memoirs in 1973.
From the description of Mildred Gilman Wohlforth papers, 1910-1994 (bulk 1927-1985). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 82800593
