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Gretchen Garber Billings (1914–1999) was a journalist and advocate for cooperative causes who co-owned and -operated a newspaper called The People's Voice in Helena, Montana. Early life [ edit ] Gretchen Garber was born in Whitefish, Montana in 1914 [1] but was raised in the Seattle area. [2]
Martha took over as sole editor of the Great Falls Leader, becoming the first woman in the state of Montana to edit a daily newspaper. [7] In October 1895, Martha married her business manager Theodore Plassmann, and sold the newspaper on his advice. Plassmann died a few months later, leaving Martha with little means of financial support.
Anaconda Leader - Anaconda; Augusta Breeze - Augusta; Belgrade News - Belgrade; Big Horn County News - Hardin; The Big Timber Pioneer - Big Timber; Bigfork Eagle - Bigfork; Billings Gazette - Billings
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in the state of Montana. Montana's first such newspaper was The Colored Citizen , published in Helena in the fall of 1894. [1] During this period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the African American population of Montana fluctuated between 1000 and 1500 people.
Harry L. Billings won the Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame award in 1997, and Gretchen Garber Billings won the award in 2007. [7] In 1983, Harry won the University of Montana Distinguished Alumnus Award. [8] Harry was also a member of the Montanan Bicentennial advisory council in the mid-1970s. [2]
The Billings Gazette is a daily newspaper based in Billings, Montana, that primarily covers issues in southeast Montana and parts of northern Wyoming.Historically it has been known as the largest newspaper in Montana and is geographically one of the most widely distributed newspapers in the nation.
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The Oberlies immediately hired a manager and an editor, and moved the operation into an office in the Heights section of Billings, Montana. They operated the weekly newspaper for five years. [7] During these years, the newspaper regularly employed up to seven correspondents who wrote news stories from their respective areas of the county. [8]