Helen Thomas

Birth Name:

Helen Amelia Thomas

Birth Place:

Winchester, Kentucky, United States

Profession

Actress

Received the 1986 William Allen White Foundation Award for Journalistic Merit from the University of Kansas
The White House Correspondent's Association established the Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award in her honor in 1998
Graduated from Wayne University in 1942 with a degree in English
Got her start in journalism working as a copygirl for the "Washington Daily News․"
Is best known for her journalism work on various political issues
Is the author of the book: "Thanks for the Memories, Mr․ President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House․"
During the administration of President John F․ Kennedy, she became the first female member of the White House press corps

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