Valda Cooper (November 15, 1915 – April 12, 2008), whose full name was Valda "Val" Margaret Cooper Lavender, was a longtime award-winning American journalist and reporter. She was considered to be one of the first women to report on hard news for the Associated Press. She was also reported for a number of publications in New Mexico, including the Farmington Daily Times. Cooper also served as the managing editor of the Farmington Daily Times during her 40 year reporting career.
Cooper was once quoted as proclaiming, "I've got printer's ink in my veins."
Famous quotes containing the word cooper:
“... the black woman can never forget—however lukewarm the party may to-day appear—that it was a Republican president who struck the manacles from her own wrists and gave the possibilities of manhood to her helpless little ones; and to her mind the Democratic Negro is a traitor and a time-server.”
—Anna Julia Cooper (1859–1964)