Mary Morris Lawrence, one of the first female photographers at The Associated Press, has died at 95.

[Kadie]

Early female AP photographer Morris Lawrence dies

By SUDHIN THANAWALA, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

(08-26) 18:41 PDT San Francisco (AP) --

Mary Morris Lawrence, one of the first female photographers at The Associated Press, has died. She was 95.

She died Aug. 12 at her home in Oakland, Calif., her husband, Harold Lawrence, said Wednesday. She was suffering from heart problems.

The Chicago native joined the AP in New York on Nov. 16, 1936, and worked as a features photographer.

Morris Lawrence described herself as a "groundbreaker" in an interview with The Oakland Tribune in 2007 and recalled male colleagues at the AP joking that they would no longer be able to change their pants in the darkroom.

"I never thought of myself as a feminist," she said during the interview, noting that there were few women at the AP back then. "The guys were very nice to me. They probably made a lot of jokes behind my back."

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In this undated photo, Mary Morris Lawrence is seen in this self portrait provided by her husband Harold Lawrence. Lawrence, among the first female photographers at The Associated Press, has died. She was 95. Lawrence died Aug. 12, 2009 at her home in Oakland, Calif., her husband, Harold Lawrence, said. Morris worked at AP for three-and-a-half years before leaving in 1940. She went on to work for the New York tabloid PM. Her work also appeared in magazines such as Look, Life and Mademoiselle.
(AP Photo/courtesy of Harold Lawrence)

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Wow for her amazing life story!

[Mnemosyne]

2. Incredible woman! Rest in Peace, dear lady. KnR n/t

[Kadie]

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