SARAH MCCLENDON

(Sarah Newcomb McClendon)


Sarah McClendon
Sarah McClendon
  • Born: July 8, 1910
  • Died: January 8, 2003
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  • Profession: Journalist

Sarah Newcomb McClendon was a long-time White House reporter who covered presidential politics for a half century. McClendon founded her own freelance news service as a single mother in the post-World War II era, and became known as a model for women in the press and as a vocal advocate of various causes, particularly those of United States military veterans. McClendon was best known, however, for posing sharp, blunt questions at United States presidential press conferences.