Martha Coman

Martha Day Coman (1872 – November 27, 1959) was an American journalist.

[5] She reported on fashion,[6] suffrage,[1] and women in careers,[7] but she also covered the World Series, and especially Babe Ruth, in 1921.

[9][10] She joined Theodora Bean's T-Bean Syndicate in 1925,[11] and was editor of the weekly Scarsdale Inquirer.

[15][16] She remained active in leadership with the Newspaper Women's Club of New York through the 1930s,[17] as its treasurer.

[24] The Newswomen's Club of New York gives the annual Martha Coman Front Page Award for Best New Journalist as part of its Front Page Awards.

A group of nine white woman, most smiling and wearing hats; four seated in the front row, and five standing in the back row.
Members of the Newspaper Women's Club of New York in 1927: Front row, left-to-right: Helen Rowland , Emma Bugbee , Josephine Ober, and Martha Coman ; back row, left-to-right: Charlotte McLevedge, Rose Therese Nagel, Marie L. Darrach, Madeline Riordan, and Olive Hurlbut.