Nina Mason Pulliam, 1906-1997
Nina Mason Pulliam was born in 1906 in Martinsville, Indiana. She lived in Indiana during most of her childhood except at the age of 16 she traveled to the Arizona desert to recover from tuberculosis. When she returned to Indiana she attended college at Franklin College, Indiana University, and the University of New Mexico. She majored in journalism. After college she began her career in the publishing industry by working for Farm Life Magazine and then the Lebanon Reporter. At the Lebanon Reporter she met Eugene C. Pulliam. In 1941 the couple was married. They were married for 46 years. During this time the Pulliams purchased The Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis News, The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette. After the death of Eugene C. Pulliam in 1975, Nina became President of Central Newspapers Inc., and publisher of The Arizona Republic and The Phoenix Gazette until 1978. Nina was the first woman admitted into the Society of Professional Journalists.
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