Nellie Mighels Davis

Nellie Mighels Davis
Davis in 1870
Born
Nellie Verrill

(1844-09-10)September 10, 1844
Greenwood, Maine, U.S.
DiedJune 24, 1945(1945-06-24) (aged 100)
OccupationsCivic leader and journalist

Nellie Mighels Davis (née Verrill; after first marriage, Mighels; after second marriage, Davis; September 10, 1844 – June 24, 1945) was a US civic leader and journalist. In 1897, she was the first woman to report a boxing prize fight (Fitzsimmons/Corbett) in the United States. She was also the first state president of the American Red Cross in Nevada, and an officer of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association. In 2020, she was inducted into the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame.

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