Swiss American Historical Society Review
Keywords
Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss writers, women writers, United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, journalism
Abstract
Swiss writer Annemarie Schwarzenbach arrived in the United States in late August 1936 at the invitation of the American photographer Barbara Hamilton Wright. It was the first of three visits over the next five years, during which Annemarie reported on Roosevelt’s America for a variety of Swiss newspapers and illustrated magazines. Her first road trip through the Rust Belt was a success with her Swiss editors and the two women planned a second in the American South in the Fall of 1937. In late September, they boarded third class on the S.S. Berengaria, bound for New York. The effect of Nazi policies was evident among their fellow passengers.
Recommended Citation
Rooney, Padraig
(2024)
"Schwarzenbach Goes South,"
Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 60:
No.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol60/iss2/2