Valentine Mathilde Amélie Thomson (3 June 1881 – 15 January 1944) was an influential French journalist, playwright and editor, who was active both in Europe and the United States.

In the late 1920s she moved to the United States where she wrote about international politics for a variety of papers including the New York Times and Harper's Magazine.

[7] She also developed solid friendships with celebrated literary figures including Pierre Loti and Anatole France.

[1] Thomson began her career as a journalist, working for Paris papers[8] and periodicals, including Femina, Excelsior and L'Homme libre.

[6][11] The school offered a three-month training period where students learned how to arrange flowers, keep inventories of supplies, perform general housekeeping, serve a meal, set a table, spread a bed, and wash and repair linen.

After completing the course, the students were given a six-month internship at a hotel, after which time, they had an examination and the opportunity to earn a diploma.

[8] As the hostess of a diplomatic salon, she was an influential political actor[7] and as a journalist she interviewed people of interest, like Engelbert Dollfuss, Hitler, and Mussolini, on whom she spoke in the United States.