Brian JopekApr 14, 2025
She was something else, whether it was stuff like this or later as the first female war correspondent, taking fire in Italy, being the first female photographer to fly a combat mission in a U.S. Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress and documenting the U.S. Army’s liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald: Margaret Bourke-White, photographer for LIFE magazine, prepares to take a photo from one of the eagles on the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building in New York City in 1934.
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MBW with a B-17 during WW2.
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Thanks for sharing! I was going to post something like, “Look how brave she is crawling out beyond the parapet of a tall building, or flying into combat armed with nothing but a camera,” but instead, I’ll just say, “Look how brave she is being a confident, capable woman at a time when women were systematically devalued.” #KickingAss #TakingNames
Apr 14, 2025 at 3:29pmWeb