Elizabeth Scripps "Nackey" Loeb (February 24, 1924 – January 8, 2000) was publisher of the
''Manchester Union Leader'' newspaper (later ''The New Hampshire Union Leader'') in
Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 115,644.
Manchester is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Hamp ...
, from 1981 to 1999.
Personal life
Elizabeth Scripps was born on February 24, 1924, to Robert Paine Scripps and Margaret Lou Culbertson. Her paternal grandfather, newspaper titan
E.W. Scripps
Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926), was an American newspaper publisher and, together with his sister Ellen Browning Scripps, founder of The E. W. Scripps Company, a diversified media conglomerate, and United Press ne ...
, founded the
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ...
. Her father died in 1938, shortly after her 14th birthday.
She attended
Scripps College
Scripps College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Claremont, California. It was founded as a member of the Claremont Colleges in 1 ...
, which had been founded by her great-aunt,
Ellen Browning Scripps
Ellen Browning Scripps (October 18, 1836 – August 3, 1932) was an American journalist and philanthropist who was the founding donor of several major institutions in Southern California. She and her half-brother E. W. Scripps created the E. W. ...
. In 1944, she married George Gallowhur, who invented
Skol
Skol Lager was developed originally by Ind Coope breweries in Alloa, Central Scotland. In 1958, Graham's Continental was launched (based upon a local brew called Graham's Golden) and quickly changed to Graham's Skol to give a Scandinavian impre ...
suntan lotion and had relationships with men; they had one daughter and later divorced. She then married
William Loeb III
William Loeb III (December 26, 1905 – September 14, 1981) was publisher of the ''New Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester Union Leader'' newspaper (later ''The New Hampshire Union Leader'') in Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester, New Hampshire, f ...
; they had one daughter, Edith Tomasko, who died in 2014.
She used a wheelchair after a 1977 car accident left her
paralyzed
Paralysis (also known as plegia) is a loss of motor function in one or more muscles. Paralysis can also be accompanied by a loss of feeling (sensory loss) in the affected area if there is sensory damage. In the United States, roughly 1 in 50 ...
from the chest down and President
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
in 1984 appointed her to the
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
The United States Access Board (also known as the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board) is an independent agency of the United States government devoted to accessibility for people with disabilities. The Board was created in ...
.
''Union Leader''
She helped her husband run the ''Union Leader'' for decades until his death in 1981. She then succeeded him as publisher and served until that role until stepping down in 1999, shortly before her death.
Legacy
She died on January 8, 2000. She founded the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, which has majority ownership of the ''Union Leader'' newspaper and gives out an annual Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment Award.
Further reading
* Meg Heckman. ''Political Godmother: Nackey Scripps Loeb and the Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party'' (2020). .
References
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1924 births
2000 deaths
American newspaper publishers (people)
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