Nadeane Walker

Nadeane Walker Anderson, known professionally by her maiden name, Nadeane Walker, (1921 – January 7, 2013) was an American journalist, foreign correspondent and former fashion editor for the Associated Press.[1][2][3]

Walker was born in 1921 in Canton, Texas, the second youngest child of nine children of Charles H. Walker and Wincie Sides Walker..[3] She graduated in 1942 from North Texas Teacher's College, which is now the present-day University of North Texas.[1] After working at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram as a staff writer following college. Her editors at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram sent her to cover a story on the Women's Army Corps (WAC), the women's branch of the United States Army during World War II.[1] The story changed Walker's career, as she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps soon after covering corps.[1][2] Through WAC, Walker was posted to Europe, where she joined the staff of the The Stars and Stripes newspaper's Paris edition as a reporter in 1945.[1][2]

She married her husband, Godfrey Anderson, a World War II correspondent for the Associated Press, at a ceremony in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 4, 1946.[1] The couple lived in Germany, Belgium and Sweden before moving to Paris, France.[3]

She joined the Associated Press as the news service's European fashion editor, based from Paris.[1][3] She interviewed some of the largest figures in fashion during post-war period, including Christian Dior and Coco Chanel.[1] Designer Yves Lanvin of the fashion house, Lanvin, named one of his dresses for Nadeane Walker.[1]

Walker worked as a London correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and a freelance reporter for numerous other newspapers and magazines after leaving the AP.[1]

Walker moved back to her native Texas in 1970 and took a position as a reporter for the Dallas Times-Herald.[1] However, the United States Department of Labor launched an investigation into both gender discrimination and age discrimination at the Dallas Times-Herald. Walker cooperated with the Department of Labor's probe and was subsequently fired by the newspaper.[1] She joined a lawsuit filed by the Department of Labor in 1981; the suit led to a change of employment procedures at the Dallas Times-Herald.[1] Walker continued to work as a freelance writer for the next two decades.[2]

Walker moved to Austin, Texas, with her daughter after the death of Godfrey Anderson in 1999.[1] She died in Austin of natural causes on January 7, 2013, at the age of 91. She was survived by her daughter, Jane Fredrick, and son, David Anderson.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Former AP fashion editor Anderson dies at 91". Associated Press. Globe Gazette. 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tomlinson, Chris (2013-01-09). "Former AP fashion editor, Women's Army Corps member Nadeane Walker Anderson dies at age 91". Associated Press. Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Nadeane Walker Anderson Obituary". Austin American-Statesman. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
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