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Leonel Campbell Ross O'Bryan (1857–16 July 1938), known under the pen name Polly Pry, was a controversial reporter for the The Denver Post and later as a freelancer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is best known for her connection to the case of Alferd Packer as an investigative reporter.
- Leonel Campbell Ross O'Bryan, 1857
- American
- Connection to the case of Alferd Packer
- Reporter
15. Okt. 2017 · Mrs. Leonel Ross O’Bryan, aka “Polly Pry”, was a tabloid journalist for The Denver Post. Her most sensational story resulted in the pardon of the “cannibal” Alfred Packer. Her descriptive and...
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29. Nov. 2021 · “A Lasting Disgrace” - In 1903, The Denver Post investigative journalist Polly Pry exposed abuses at the Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School that shocked the nation. Her reporting brought to light the mistreatment of Native children that was all too common at boarding schools throughout the nation.
Adventurous newspaper writer, gossip columnist, and social activist who became one of the first women to run her own newspaper. From Mississippi to Mexico. Leonel Ross Campbell was born in 1857 to a wealthy Mississippi family. She went by her nickname, Nell, in everyday life.
26. Sept. 2021 · I am especially interested in stories of women from the 19th century frontier. It's amazing to me that I get to write blog posts about my favorite topic! Polly Pry is a Denver legend with a story fit for the big screen. Here is a bit about the life of this pioneering journalist of the Wild West.
19. Juli 2023 · Polly Pry got her start not just writing the news but inventing it. In spite of herself, however, Campbell would become a respected journalist and activist later in her career. She would establish herself as a champion for rights of the under served in the early twentieth century, taking up the causes of women, children, laborers, victims and soldiers of war, and prisoners. And she wrote some ...
18. Juli 2019 · Another DWPC suffragist was intrepid “yellow journalist” Polly Pry, a.k.a. Leonel Ross O’Bryan, so nicknamed because she could pry information out of anyone. As the first female reporter for The Denver Post , in 1901, Pry helped win the release of Alfred Packer, serving a life sentence in prison for cannibalizing his fellow ...
