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Rheta Childe Dorr
1866–1948
A sharp, fearless reporter and suffrage advocate, this pioneering writer used journalism to expose the working lives of women and children in the Progressive Era. Her books and newspaper work brought urgency and clarity to debates about labor, politics, and women’s rights.
3 Audiobooks
A soldier's mother in France
by Rheta Childe Dorr
What eight million women want
by Rheta Childe Dorr
Inside the Russian Revolution
by Rheta Childe Dorr
About the author
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 2, 1866, Rheta Childe Dorr became an American journalist, author, and political activist whose career crossed reporting, reform, and the fight for women’s suffrage. Reliable reference sources identify her as an investigator of women’s and children’s working conditions and a prominent public voice in early twentieth-century reform movements.
She is especially remembered as one of the notable female muckraking journalists of the Progressive Era and as the first editor of The Suffragist, an influential newspaper of the women’s suffrage movement. Her writing combined firsthand reporting with advocacy, helping bring public attention to labor issues and the political demands of women seeking the vote.
Dorr died in Pennsylvania on August 8, 1948. Today she is remembered both for her journalism and for the energy she brought to social and political causes, making her an important figure for readers interested in reform writing, women’s history, and the growth of modern investigative reporting.