Birthday August 4
Helen Amelia Thomas born today, 1920 was an American reporter✍️ and author best known for her longtime membership of the White House press corps. 👏🏼
She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the start of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration. ✨
She is best known as the “dean of Washington D.C.” and for coining the phrase, “Thank you, Mr. President”. ☺️
Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, 🤩 first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager.
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