Loretta schwartz nobel biography for kids

American journalist and writer

Loretta Schwartz-Nobel is an American journalist and writer currently living in Pennsylvania. She is known primarily for her advocacy of disadvantaged families in America.

Loretta schwartz nobel biography for kids

Biography

Schwartz-Nobel received national acclaim for her article Nothing to Eat, which was published in the Christmas issue of the Philadelphia magazine. Nothing to Eat brought attention to the hardships of the poor and destitute living in the city of Philadelphia, and later went on to win the Robert F.

Kennedy Journalism Award for outstanding coverage of the problems of the underprivileged.

For the next seven years, Schwartz-Nobel traveled around the United States, conducting similar research in cities like Boston, Washington, and Chicago, and writing articles for local newspapers and magazines in each city.

In , she wrote her first novel, Starving in the Shadow of Plenty, which highlighted the living conditions of poor families in America