Mary margaret mcbride biography definition

American writer and radio host (1899–1976)

For the American country musician, see Mary McBride (musician).

Mary Margaret McBride (November 16, 1899 – April 7, 1976) was an American radio interview host and writer. Her popular radio shows spanned more than 40 years.

In the 1940s, the daily audience for her housewife-oriented program numbered from six to eight million listeners.

Whispering in a Million Ears: Remembering the Intimate Power

She was called "the First Lady of Radio".

Early life

McBride was born on November 16, 1899, in Paris, Missouri, to a farming family. Their frequent relocations disorganized her early schooling, but at the age of six, she became a student at a preparatory school called William Woods College, and at 16 the University of Missouri, receiving a degree in journalism there in 1919.

She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta at the University of Missouri.^[1]

She worked a year as a reporter at the Cleveland Press, and then until 1924 at the New York Evening Mail. Following th Mary Margaret McBride - Missouri Legends TIRAR