Helen Thomas

Ball point pen on todays newsprint

Thomas has been asking tough questions to every president since Dwight Eisenhower. She was the first woman to be an officer of the National Press Club and the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. At 89 she probably stuck around for one question too many.

One Response to “Helen Thomas”

  1. sue said:

    Jun 08, 10 at 12:03 pm

    Oh, I KNEW you’d do Helen today! You know, she was the commencement speaker when I graduated from undergrad school. Sad that she had to “retire” this way. What was she thinking!