Lois Wille
Born: 1931 in Chicago
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: Lois Wille was born in Chicago and raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Biography: Lois spent her entire 35-year newspaper career in Chicago. She was a reporter on the Chicago Daily News from 1956 to 1977. In 1978, Lois went to work for the Chicago Sun-Times until 1984. She then went to the Chicago Tribune and from 1987 until her retirement in May of 1991, she was editorial page editor of the Tribune.
Awards:
- Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Public Service in 1963 for a series of ''Chicago Daily News'' articles covering the refusal of public health agencies in Chicago and Cook County to provide contraceptive services for indigent women. Pulitzer Prize in Jour
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Selected Titles
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At home in the loop : ISBN: 0809322250 OCLC: 40815277 Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale : 1998, ©1997. |
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Forever open, clear, and free : ISBN: 0226898717 OCLC: 22859072 University of Chicago Press, Chicago : 1991. |