CA-K263Culture & sport

Kit Coleman, pioneering journalist

A portrait of Kathleen Blake Coleman, 1896. Kathleen Blake Watkins, 1896 · Photographer unidentified · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Kathleen Blake Coleman (1856–1915), writing as “Kit,” ran the “Woman’s Kingdom” pages of Toronto’s Daily Mail, later the Mail and Empire, from 1889 to 1911, winning a wide following with her witty, irreverent style. As the first American-accredited woman war correspondent, she covered the Spanish-American War in Cuba in 1898.

Scope & context

Her journalism career, not a full biography.

Sources behind this record

Kathleen Blake Coleman (1856-1915) National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text