List of Theta Sigma Phi members

Theta Sigma Phi (ΘΣΦ) was an American honor society for women in journalism. It was established in 1909 at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington.[1][2][3][4] In 1972, it was renamed Women in Communications, Inc.[1][2][5] In 1996, the organization was dissolved.[6] The nonprofit Association for Women in Communications, a professional organization for women in the communications industry, was formed in 1996 to carry forward the mission of Theta Sigma Phi.[1][2][7]

Notable members

Following are some of the notable members of Theta Sigma Phi and Women in Communications.

Name Chapter Notability ΘΣΦ awards References
Patty Abramson venture capitalist who co-founded the Women's Growth Capital Fund Headliner Award 1985 [8]
Shirley Abrahamson Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Headliner Award 1987 [8]
Caroline Iverson Ackerman aviation editor of Life during World War II and the first director of public relations for women for Shell Oil Company Headliner Award 1949 [8]
Donna Allen feminist, civil rights activist, historian, economist, and founder of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press Headliner Award 1979 [8]
Madeline Amgott television news producer Headliner Award 1983 [8]
Marie Anderson women's editor for the Miami Herald Headliner Award 1964 [8]
Loreen Arbus vice president-development of Viacom Productions; disability rights activist Headliner Award 1984 [8][9][10][11][12]
Jane Ardmore novelist and biographer Headliner Award 1968 [8]
Marjorie Barrows Chicago magazine editor, book compiler, and author [13]
Bessie Beatty War correspondent for the San Francisco Bulletin during World War I [14]
Joyce Beber advertising executive who co-founded the Beber Silverstein Group Headliner Award 1984 [8]
Cathie Black New York City Schools Chancellor, president and chair of Hearst Magazines, president and publisher of USA Today Headliner Award 1984 [8]
Myrna Blyth editor-in-chief and publishing director of Ladies Home Journal; publishing director of Metropolitan Home Headliner Award 1992 [8]
Erma Bombeck humorist and syndicated columnist Headliner Award 1969 [8][15]
Mary Hastings Bradley explorer and writer [16]
Laura L. Brookman editorial manager of the Ladies’ Home Journal Headliner Award 1947 [8][17][18]
Barbara Everitt Bryant Director of the U.S. Census Bureau Headliner Award 1980 [8]
Christy C. Bulkeley president and publisher of the Commercial-News, president and publisher of The Saratogian, and vice president-special corporate projects of Gannett Co. Inc. Headliner Award 1978 [8][19][20]
Pat Carbine executive editor of Look, vice president and editor-in-chief of McCall's, co-founder and first editor-in-chief of Ms. Headliner Award 1975 [8]
Liz Carpenter woman executive assistant to Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson, press secretary for First Lady Lady Bird Johnson Headliner Award 1962 [8]
John Mack Carter editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping Headliner Award 1978 [8]
Marguerite Cartwright journalist, sociologist, educator, and actress, who served as a correspondent for the United Nations Headliner Award 1975 [8][21][22][23]
Martha Cheavens Novelist Headliner Award 1939 [8]
Ruth Ellen Church food and wine journalist, food editor for the Chicago Tribune Headliner Award 1950 [8]
Ruth Philpott Collins Freelance writer and author of children's books Headliner Award 1964 [8][24][25][15]
Marion Corwell-Shertzer public relations executive with Ford Motor Company, Headliner Award 1969 [8]
Margaret Cousins managing editor of Good Housekeeping Headliner Award 1946 [8]
May Craig war correspondent and journalist Headliner Award 1952 [8]
Charlotte Curtis journalist, columnist, and editor at The New York Times Headliner Award 1981 [8]
Arlene Dahl film actress, syndicated columnist Headliner Award 1964 [8]
Edith Deen author of religious books Headliner Award 1963 [8]
Colleen Dishon journalist for the Chicago Tribune Headliner Award 1973 [8]
Margaret Dixon political journalist, managing editor of The Advocate Headliner Award 1960 [8][26]
Dorothy Ducas reporter, editor, chief of Magazine Division for Jnited States Office of War Information; first woman to win a Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship Headliner Award 1943 [8][27]
Gladys Erickson staff writer-reporter of Chicago's American; pioneer of prison and crime reporting Headliner Award 1966 [8][28][29]
Doris Fleeson journalist and columnist; first woman in the U.S. to have a nationally syndicated political column Headliner Award 1950 [8]
Doris Fleischman writer, public relations executive, and feminist activist Headliner Award 1972 [8]
Genevieve Foster Author and illustrator of children's books Headliner Award 1948 [8]
Jo Foxworth advertising executive Headliner Award 1981 [8]
Lenka Franulic first Chilean woman journalist, winner of National Prize for Journalism (Chile) Headliner Award 1958 [8]
Pauline Frederick author and journalist for newspapers, television, and radio Headliner Award 1950 [8]
Dorothy Fuldheim journalist and news anchor at The Cleveland Press and WEWS-TV Headliner Award 1967 [8]
Bess Furman reporter for The New York Times; White House correspondent Headliner Award 1949 [8]
Hazel Garland journalist, columnist, and newspaper editor; first African-American woman to serve as editor-in-chief of a nationally circulated newspaper chain Headliner Award 1975 [30]
Phyllis T. Garland music critic and editor for Ebony Magazine; first female member of faculty to earn tenure at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Headliner Award 1971 [8]
Georgie Anne Geyer foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News and a syndicated columnist for Universal Press Syndicate Headliner Award 1968 [8]
Beatrice Blackmar Gould playwright, founding -editor of Ladies' Home Journal from 1935 through 1962 Headliner Award 1940 [8]
Katharine Graham publisher of The Washington Post Headliner Award 1969 [8]
Denny Griswold founder and editor of Public Relations News Headliner Award 1975 [8][31][32][33]
Fran Harris newscaster; the first female newscaster in Michigan Headliner Award 1952 [8]
Heloise syndicated newspaper advice columnist Headliner Award 1994 [8]
Genevieve Forbes Herrick Pi journalist for the Chicago Tribune [34]
Lenore Hershey editor-in-chief of Ladies Home Journal Headliner Award 1977 [8]
Marguerite Higgins reporter with the New York Herald Tribune, war correspondent, syndicated columnist for Newsday, and the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Foreign Correspondence Headliner Award 1951 [8]
Kathleen Hite writer for radio and television Headliner Award 1964 [8]
Henriette Horak publiity director, Women's Army Corps, European Theater Headliner Award 1946 [8][35]
Barbara Way Hunter co-owner and president of Dudley-Anderson-Yutzy, the first major public relations firm in New York City to be owned and managed by women Headliner Award 1984 [8][36][37][38][39][40]
Eleanor Murdoch Johnson founder and editor of chief of My Weekly Reader from 1935 to 1961 Headliner Award 1948 [8]
Clara Ingram Judson author of books for children Headliner Award 1948 [8]
Dorothy Misener Jurney journalist and women's page editor for the Miami Herald Headliner Award 1956 [8]
Irma Kalish television producer and screenwriter, known for Too Close for Comfort, All in the Family, The Facts of Life, Good Times, The Hogan Family, Maude, I Dream of Jeannie, F Troop, and Family Affair Headliner Award 1978 [8]
Alice Keith pianist, founder of the National Academy of Broadcasting, and director of CBS Radio's The American School of the Air. Headliner Award 1944 [8]
Marilyn Moats Kennedy teacher and administrator at DePaul University, job strategies editor for Glamour Headliner Award 1986 [8][41][42][43]
Julilly House Kohler writer of books for children Headliner Award 1944 [8]
Gini Laurie leader of the independent living movement for people with disabilities Headliner Award 1987 [8]
Ann Liguori sports radio and television personality, talk show host [8]
Malvina Lindsay editor and columnist at The Washington Post Headliner Award 1945 [8]
Kate Rand Lloyd editor-in-chief of Working Woman Headliner Award 1983 [8][44][45][46]
Mary Margaret McBride CBS Radio interview host and writer, called "the First Lady of Radio". Headliner Award 1940 [8]
Sarah McClendon White House reporter Headliner Award 1971 [8]
Lucille Saunders McDonald journalist, historian, and author of children's books Headliner Award 1959 [8]
Daphne Alloway McVicker short story writer Headliner Award 1940 [8]
Lois Seyster Montross Author, novelist Headliner Award 1939 [8][47][48]
Allen Neuharth founder of USA Today, The Freedom Forum, and its Newseum Headliner Award 1977 [8]
Andre Norton science fiction and fantasy writer Headliner Award 1963 [8]
Bonaro W. Overstreet author, poet, and lecturer Headliner Award 1957 [8]
Clementine Paddleford food writer and editor with the New York Herald Tribune, the New York Sun, The New York Telegram, Farm and Fireside, and This Week Headliner Award 1943 [8]
Eugene Patterson managing editor of The Washington Post; editor of the St. Petersburg Times; awarded the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing; Headliner Award 1982 [8]
Marjorie Paxson newspaper journalist, editor, and publisher of the Arizona Republic and the Phoenix Gazette Headliner Award 1976 [8]
Mike Peters Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm Headliner Award 1983 [8]
Ponchitta Pierce journalist, television host, and producer Headliner Award 1970 [8][15]
Jeanine Pirro television host, judge, and attorney Headliner Award 1996 [8]
Kirk Polking editor of Writer’s Digest Headliner Award 1970 [8][49][50]
Sylvia Porter economist and syndicated daily newspaper columnist Headliner Award 1981 [8]
Barbara Gardner Proctor first African American woman to own and operate an advertising agency Headliner Award 1978 [8]
Madelyn Pugh television writer, known for her work on the I Love Lucy Headliner Award 1953 [8]
Nina Mason Pulliam journalist, author, and newspaper executive; publisher of Headliner Award 1954 [8]
John C. Quinn editor of USA Today; vice president of Gannett Co., and president of Gannet News Service Headliner Award 1986 [8]
Paige Rense editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, and GEO Headliner Award 1983 [8]
Barbara Leonard Reynolds author, poet, and reporter for the Chicago Daily Tribune Headliner Award 1976 [8]
Inez Robb journalist and war correspondent for the International News Service Headliner Award 1943 [8]
Alice Rohe War correspondent for United Press International during World War I [14]
Richard S. Salant President of the CBS News Headliner Award 1980 [8]
Marlene Sanders news correspondent, anchor, producer, and executive or ABC News and moved to CBS News Headliner Award 1971 [8]
Mari Sandoz novelist, biographer, and lecturer Headliner Award 1957 [8]
Jean Way Schoonover co-owner and board chair of Dudley-Anderson-Yutzy, the first major public relations firm in New York City to be owned and managed by women Headliner Award 1984 [8][51][52][53]
Sigrid Schultz War correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I [14]
Shirley Seifert historical fiction author Headliner Award 1965 [8]
Gail Sheehy author, journalist, and lecturer [8]
Barbara Sher speaker, career and lifestyle coach, and author [8]
Bert Kruger Smith writer, lecturer, and advocate on mental health and aging Headliner Award 1966 [8][54][55]
Hazel Brannon Smith editor and publisher of four Mississippi weekly newspapers Headliner Award 1962 [8]
Mary-jane R. Snyder president of Mj Enterprises, an international communications and public relations consulting firm; one of the founders of the Organization of Women (NOW) Headliner Award 1979 [8][56][57]
Thelma Strabel Author, novelist Headliner Award 1939 [8]
Isabella Taves author and syndicated columnist Headliner Award 1974 [8][58][59][60]
Helen Thomas reporter, author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps Headliner Award 1972 [8]
Marion Spitzer Thompson author, screenwriter for 20th Century Fox Headliner Award 1944 [8][61]
Elizabeth Borton de Trevino author, novelist, and recipient of the Newbery Medal Headliner Award 1967 [8]
Esther Van Waggoner Tufty journalist in radio and newspaper Headliner Award 1966 [8]
Agness Underwood journalist and newspaper editor, city editor of the Los Angeles Herald-Express Headliner Award 1949 [8]
Judith C. Waller broadcast radio personality and manager; director of public affairs and education for NBC Midwest Headliner Award 1954 [8]
Barbara Walters broadcast journalist and television personality Headliner Award 1993 [8]
Eudora Welty novelist Headliner Award 1972 [8]
Mary Alice Williams pioneering journalist and broadcast executive who broke gender barriers by becoming the first female prime time network anchor; vice president of Cable News Network Headliner Award 1986 [8]
Lois Wille Journalist, editor, and author who won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service and Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Headliner Award 1964 [8]
Nancy Woodhull senior editor of USA Today; president of Gannett News Media; editor-in-chief of Southern Progress Corporation Headliner Award 1987 [8]

Honorary members

Following are some of the honorary members of Theta Sigma Phi and Women in Communications.

Name Chapter Notability ΘΣΦ awards References
Helen Archdale Kansas City Alumna Scottish feminist, suffragette and journalist. [62]
Gertrude Atherton Alpha Alpha American writer. [62]
Temple Bailey Gamma novelist and short story writer [62]
Margaret Culkin Banning Twin Cities Alumna best-selling American writer of thirty-six novels and an early advocate of women's rights. [62]
Nalbro Bartley Iota short story writer, newspaper columnist and lecturer [62]
Emily Newell Blair Gamma writer, suffragist, feminist, and a founder of the League of Women Voters [62]
Mary Hastings Bradley Chicago Alumna novelist [63][64]
Ida Clyde Clarke Sigma journalist, writer and suffragist [62]
Dorothy Dix Alpha Kappa newspaper columnist [65][62]
Edna Ferber Beta Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and playwright [66][67][68][62]
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Eta Educational reformer, social activist, and author [62]
Zona Gale Beta novelist, playwright, and the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama [66][67][68][62]
Ruth Hale Omega American journalist who worked for women's rights in New York City [62]
Fannie Hurst Psi novelist and short-story writer [62][67]
Inez Haynes Irwin Psi feminist author, journalist, member of the National Woman's Party [62]
Florence Finch Kelly Epsilon feminist, suffragist, journalist, and author of novels and short stories [62]
Sophie Kerr Psi short story writer [68]
Frances Parkinson Keyes Kansas City Alumna American novelist, memoirist, biographer, wrote as about life as wife of U.S. Senator [62]
Rose Wilder Lane Alpha Alpha American writer and daughter of American writer Laura Ingalls Wilder. [62]
Edna St. Vincent Millay Xi lyrical poet and playwright [69]
Harriet Monroe Beta Poet and founding publisher and editor of Poetry magazine Headliner Award 1975 [8][62]
Aubertine Woodward Moore Beta musician, writer, musical critic, translator, and lecturer [62]
Kathleen Norris Alpha Alpha American novelist and newspaper columnist [62]
Mary Rose Oakar Ohio House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives [70]
Rayna Prohme Pi journalist who covered the communist movement in China [62]
Cora Rigby National Capital head of the Washington News bureau for The Christian Science Monitor and founder and president of the Women's National Press Club National Capital Alumna [71]
Mary Roberts Rinehart mystery writer [67]
Eleanor Roosevelt Columbus Alumna First Lady of the United States, first chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, and first US Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights [1][14][72]
Ellen Scripps Phi businesswoman and philanthropist [62]
Viola Brothers Shore Tau businesswoman and philanthropist [62]
Elsie Singmaster Eta author and Newbery Honor recipient [73]
Ruth Suckow Alpha Delta American novelist [62]
Sara Teasdale Gamma Lyric poet who won the 1917 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry [66][62]
Ida Tarbell Alpha Pioneering investigative journalist and one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era [66][67][68][62]
Haryot Van Rensselaer Dey Psi Associate Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey's editor [67][74]
Ella Wheeler Wilcox Beta author and poet [66][67][62]
Honoré Willsie Beta novelist, short story writer, and magazine editor [62]
Anzia Yezierska Eta novelist specializing in depictions of Jewish-American life [62]
Ruth Comfort Mitchell Young Iota writer and playwright, best known for her novel, Of Human Kindness [62]

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