Gloria Neustadt Biggs (1911-2001) was an American publisher. By being named publisher of the Space Coast newspaper The Melbourne Times in 1973, she became the first female publisher of a Gannett paper.[1][2]
Life
editBiggs was born in New York City on September 18, 1911.[3]
Before becoming publisher, she was an editor at the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) and The Palm Beach Post.[1] She was also editor and publisher of The Evening Times.[4]
She died on June 12, 2001, of natural causes in Annapolis, Maryland. Her husband, concert pianist Scott Biggs had predeceased her in 1981.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "GLORIA BIGGS, 89, EX-NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. June 17, 2001. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Wilmot Voss, Kimberly (2018). Re-evaluating Women's Page Journalism in the Post World War II Era. Springer. ISBN 9783319962146. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Gloria N. Biggs Papers" (PDF). State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "2 Afternoon Papers Shift To Weeklies in Florida". The New York Times. February 1, 1975. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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