What is Elizabeth Peer?
'''Elizabeth Clow Peer''' (February 3, 1936 − May 26, 1984)<ref>{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Peer|publisher=Newspaper Archive|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/ssdi/person/?ssn=f8288d7e-b582-e511-93f7-0025907eb195|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126222046/http://newspaperarchive.com/ssdi/person/?ssn=f8288d7e-b582-e511-93f7-0025907eb195|url-status=dead}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[journalist]]. She worked for ''[[Newsweek]]'' from 1958 to 1984. She was a copy girl at a time when opportunities for women were limited. In 1962, Peer was promoted to [[writer]]. In 1964, she was sent to [[Paris]] as ''Newsweek'''s first female [[correspondent]]. While in Paris, Peer wanted to report on the [[Vietnam War]]. But she was rejected because she was a woman. Peer came back to the [[United States]] in 1969 to work in ''Newsweek's'' [[Washington, D.C.]] bureau. In the late 1970s, Peer became ''Newsweek's'' first female Vietnam War news reporter. Peer was born in [[East Orange, New Jersey]]. She committed suicide in [[New York City]] at age 48. Peer had first wanted to kill herself due to a broken [[coccyx|tailbone]]. ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Peer, Elizabeth}} [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:People from New Jersey]] [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:Suicides]]