PR

1891–1980

Doris Fleischman worked as a newspaper reporter and editor before going to work as a writer for Edward Bernays in 1919. She spent the next 61 years working with him. The couple married in 1922. An ardent feminist, Fleischman made history as the first American married woman issued a passport in her own name. She was a member of Theta Sigma Phi, the national sorority of women in communications, and received its Headliner Award in 1972. She is remembered as someone who blazed a trail for women in the public relations industry and society overall. (Courtesy of the Museum of Public Relations)