Irene S. Taylor

Irene Tilka Taylor (née Silverstein May 28, 1902 – September 2, 1989) was a Missouri journalist, a public information specialist for the U.S. Women's Army Corps during World War II, and an Intelligence Officer after the war in Austria. During her career as a journalist, she reported on many major events such as the 1938 Windsor Wedding, the Spanish Civil War, life as an American Expat, and the evacuation of Americans during the start of World War II in Paris. She worked at a variety of newspapers including the St. Louis Post Dispatch and also was a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, the New York Herald Tribune, New York Daily News and the United Press International.