Dorothy Kilgallen Newspaper Articles

Dorothy Kilgallen (1913--1965) was a journalist who participated in a 1936 race with other reporters to travel around the world via methods of transportation available to the public. This collection consists of portions of 14 different issues of the New York Evening Journal which include articles relating to Kilgallen's journey around the world, as well as an advertisement featuring Kilgallen in the style of a comic.

Dorothy Kilgallen (1913--1965) was a journalist who participated in a 1936 race with other reporters to travel around the world via methods of transportation available to the public. Dorothy followed in the footsteps of her father, a reporter for the International News Service, to become a top reporter for the New York Evening Journal. At the age of 23, her fame and popularity grew when she participated in the race around the world. She and two other reporters (Leo Kieran and Herbert Roslyn "H. R." Ekins) from competing newspapers rushed around the world in an effort to shatter previous world records and in the process became some of the first passengers to traverse the Pacific on Pan American Airways (Pan Am)'s Martin (Glenn L.) Model 130 China Clipper. Kilgallen attracted international attention as she traversed the globe, and reported her adventures daily through the New York Evening Journal. Her route took her from New York to Germany (via the Hindenburg) to Rome to Hong Kong to Manila to Hawaii to San Francisco and finally back to New York. She ultimately came in second in the race, completing her around the world journey in 24 days. Often referred to as a "modern day Nellie Bly," Kilgallen was regularly mentioned in the New York Evening Journal throughout the duration of this race. Following this venture, Kilgallen wrote an autobiography (Girl Around the World) and a fictional screenplay ("Fly Away Baby") both focused on her experiences with world travel.