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Birth Name:

Martha Rountree

Female

Birth Date:

Mon, Oct 23, 1911

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Age:

112

Zodiac Sign:

Libra

Astrology Data:

Sun

29°

Lib

10'

About Martha Rountree

Martha Jane Rountree (October 23, 1911 – August 23, 1999) was an American pioneering broadcast journalist and entrepreneur. She was the creator and first moderator of a public-affairs program, first on radio as The American Mercury from June 24, 1945, and as Meet the Press on the NBC television network from November 6, 1947. She is the only female moderator in the seven-decade history of the show.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Meet the Press (May 17, 1953): Martha Rountree with James Wechsler, Marquis Childs, Frank Waldrop, Bert Andrews, and Lawrence Spivak].

• Meet the Press - About

• The Nation - "Meet The Press and Leave it to the Girls"

• Paley Center for Media She Made It - Martha Rountree

• Files, John. The New York Times obituary August 25, 1999

• 1951 Time magazine review of Meet the Press

• Martha Rountree at IMDb

• The Definitive: Meet The Press radio program

• Martha Rountree papers, at the University of Maryland libraries

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Martha Rountree

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Martha Rountree: Sun 29 Libra, Moon 16 Scorpio, Mercury 29 Libra, Venus 18 Virgo, Mars 10 Gemini, Jupiter 19 Scorpio, Saturn 18 Taurus, Uranus 25 Capricorn, Neptune 23 Cancer, Pluto 28 Gemini, Mercury Square Uranus, Sun Square Uranus, Sun Trine Pluto, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Mercury Trine Pluto, Venus Sextile Jupiter, Venus Trine Saturn, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mars Semi Square Neptune, Jupiter Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Uranus Opposition Neptune

Categories related to Martha Rountree: October 23 births, Florida, 20th-century American journalists, 1999 deaths, American television news anchors, American radio journalists, People from Gainesville, NBC News, 1911 births, Journalists from Florida