Biography of maxine cheshire

American newspaper reporter (1930–2020)

Maxine Cheshire (néeHall; April 5, 1930 – December 31, 2020) was an American newspaper reporter.

She worked at The Washington Post between 1965 and 1981.

Early life

Cheshire was born in Harlan, Kentucky, on April 5, 1930.

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Her father worked as a lawyer who represented the miners' union; her mother worked as his legal assistant. He wore a bulletproof vest to work due to recurring assassination attempts, while her mother had to use the gun she kept in the family home on several occasions.^[1]

Cheshire studied at the University of Kentucky between 1949 and 1950, and for a further two years at Union College.^[2] Although she initially wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and become a lawyer, his death in 1951 led to her dropping out of college.

She subsequently joined The Harlan Daily Enterprise at the age of 21.^[1]

Reporting career

Cheshire first worked as a reporter for two l