Evelyn Straus (June 22, 1916 – March 10, 1992) was an American photojournalist and the first woman employed as a photographer at the Daily News in New York City.

[5][8] She covered all types of stories, from politics to society, natural disasters to social movements, and general assignments to features.

[3][10] In July 1945, four months after the National Press Photographers Association was founded, Straus joined the organization along with five other women — Margaret Hazel of The Louisville Times, Adelaide Leavy of ACME Newspictures, Sodelvia Rihn of the Baltimore News-Post, Lucille Tandy of The San Diego Tribune and Libby Whitman of The Canton Repository.

[11] In 1952, still the only woman camera operator at the Daily News, Straus joined the Press Photographers Association of New York City, when they admitted women.

[13] One of her most iconic photographs appeared on the front page of the Daily News during the labor strikes that plagued William O'Dwyer's term as mayor from 1946 to 1949.

[15] Straus was well-known in political and celebrity circles and had work included in the 1973 exhibit, From the Picture Press at the Museum of Modern Art.

[1] From 1967, the two women were vacationing together in Montauk at a cottage they kept on South Endicott Place in Lower Shepherds Neck and steadily entertained Moffatt's family members.