Sylvia Field Porter

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Sylvia Field Porter (18 June 1913 - 5 June 1991) was an American economist and journalist. At the height of her career, her readership was greater than 40 million people. Porter first decided to major in economics after the Stock Market Crash of 1929, so she could understand what had lead to it. After graduation from Hunter College in 1932, Porter wrote a financial column for the American Banker. In 1938, she became financial editor for the New York Post, although it wasn't until 1942 that the Post revealed that S.F.Porter was in fact a woman. They (correctly) felt that a columnist as respected as Porter would be accepted regardless of gender. In 1959 Porter received a Litt.D. from Bates College.

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• Sylvia Field Porter at Encyclopedia Britannica online