19 Facts About Winifred Bonfils

Winifred Sweet Black Bonfils was an American reporter and columnist, under the pen name Annie Laurie, a reference to her mother's favorite lullaby.

Winifred Bonfils was one of the most prominent "sob sisters", a label given female reporters who wrote human interest stories.

Winifred Bonfils was a reporter, telegraph editor, Sunday editor, assistant city editor, special writer.

Winifred Bonfils investigated the leper settlement in Molokai, Hawaii, in 1892.

Winifred Bonfils investigated the public hospitals in San Francisco and those inaugurating many reforms.

Winifred Bonfils helped found Junior Republic for Boys in New York.

Winifred Bonfils conducted California Children's Excursion to World's Fair in Chicago.

Winifred Bonfils managed hospitals and relief work for Galveston flood victims.

Winifred Bonfils organized and managed the national and international fight against narcotic evil.

Winifred Bonfils is famous for staging a fainting on the street to test emergency services in San Francisco, a form of stunt reporting that resulted in a major scandal and institution of the ambulance service.

Winifred Bonfils delivered an exclusive and Hearst sent relief supplies by train.

Winifred Bonfils covered the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and had a front row seat at the murder trial of Harry Thaw in 1907.

Winifred Bonfils reported from Europe during the First World War, later becoming a columnist.

Winifred Bonfils wrote a biography of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, The Life and Personality of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.

Winifred Bonfils was the author of "The Little Boy Who Lived on the Hill", about her son who drowned at Carmel in 1926, and "Roses and Rain".

Winifred Bonfils grew up on a farm in Lombard, Illinois, attending a number of private schools in the Chicago area.

Winifred Bonfils was married in June 1891 to Orlow Black, a fellow worker on a morning San Francisco newspaper.

Winifred Bonfils's funeral was a civic ceremony in San Francisco, with her body lying in state in the City Hall.

Winifred Bonfils was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.