Elizabeth Garver Jordan

Born in Milwaukee in 1867 and raised in Ohio, Elizabeth Garver Jordan began her career in journalism at a time when few women were given serious reporting work. She wrote for newspapers in the Midwest before joining the New York World, where she became known for energetic reporting and interviews.

Jordan went on to build a major career in magazines and publishing. She worked at Harper's Bazaar and later became editor of Harper's Bazar, helping shape one of the best-known American magazines of the period. Alongside her editorial work, she wrote novels, short stories, and books for younger readers, showing a gift for both popular storytelling and sharp observation.

She was also active in the women's suffrage movement and used her writing to support the cause. Remembered as a journalist, editor, and fiction writer, she stands out as one of the women who helped open up American literary and publishing life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.