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{{Short description|American newspaper publisher}}
'''Elizabeth Scripps "Nackey" Loeb''' (February 24, 1924 – January 8, 2000) was publisher of the ] newspaper (later ''The New Hampshire Union Leader'') in ], from 1981 to 1999.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2000-01-09|title=Nackey Loeb Dies|work=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/01/09/nackey-loeb-dies/1308c48e-f5f9-4209-b171-b5833a2f6232/|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref>
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'''Elizabeth Scripps "Nackey" Loeb''' (February 24, 1924 – January 8, 2000) was an American newspaper publisher. Her paternal grandfather was the namesake of the ]. Her second husband, ], was publisher of the '']'' newspaper of ], for 35 years. Upon his death in 1981, Nackey Loeb became publisher and served in that role until 1999.


== Personal life == == Biography ==
Elizabeth Scripps was born on February 24, 1924, to Robert Paine Scripps and Margaret Lou Culbertson. Her paternal grandfather, newspaper titan ], founded the ]. Her father died in 1938, shortly after her 14th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1938-03-04|title=ROBERT P. SCRIPPS DIES ON HIS YACHT; Son of the Founder of Scripps Newspaper Chain Succumbs in the Pacific at 42 WAS LEFT 24 NEWSPAPERS At Age of 27 He Inherited the Editorial Direction of Chain on His Father's Death Director of 24 Newspapers Howard's Name Advanced Studied Choice of Heir Kenyon Questioned Witness Seldom Identified in Print|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/03/04/archives/robert-p-scripps-dies-on-his-yacht-son-of-the-founder-of-scripps.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Nackey Loeb was born in ] on February 24, 1924, as Elizabeth Anne Scripps.<ref name=hickman/>{{rp|30}} Her parents were Robert Paine Scripps and Margaret Lou Culbertson.<ref name=tree/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-nackey-loeb-ex-publisher/161548932/ |title=Nackey Loeb, ex-publisher of Union Leader, dies at 75 |agency=] |newspaper=] |location=] |page=A21 |date=January 9, 2000 |accessdate=December 25, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> She was always known as Nackey, a name "given to generations of Scripps women".<ref name=hickman>{{cite book |title=Political Godmother: Nackey Scripps Loeb and the Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party |first=Meg |last=Heckman |publisher=Potomac Books |date=2020 |isbn=978-1640121935}}</ref>{{rp|29}} Her paternal grandfather, newspaper titan ], founded the ]. Her father died in 1938, shortly after her 14th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1938-03-04|title=ROBERT P. SCRIPPS DIES ON HIS YACHT|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/03/04/archives/robert-p-scripps-dies-on-his-yacht-son-of-the-founder-of-scripps.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331 |via=nytimes.com}}</ref> She attended ] in ],<ref name=tree/> then ], which had been founded by her great-aunt, ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Scripps College {{!}} History|url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/history|website=www.scrippscollege.edu|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>


She attended ], which had been founded by her great-aunt, ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Scripps College {{!}} History|url=https://www.scrippscollege.edu/about/history|website=www.scrippscollege.edu|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> In 1944, she married George Gallowhur,<ref>{{Cite news|date=1944-10-28|title=NACKEY SCRIPPS A BRIDE; Daughter of the Late Publisher Is Wed to George Gallowhur|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/10/28/archives/nackey-scripps-a-bride-daughter-of-the-late-publisher-is-wed-to.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> who invented ] suntan lotion and had relationships with men;<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Gay Metropolis|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kaiser-metropolis.html|website=archive.nytimes.com|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> they had one daughter and later divorced. She then married ]; they had one daughter, Edith Tomasko, who died in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Edith (Edie) Tomasko|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/concordmonitor/obituary.aspx?n=edith-tomasko-edie&pid=170785078|date=2014-04-25|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> In 1944, Nackey{{efn|Due to surname changes over time, "Nackey" is used for clarity in this article.}} married George Gallowhur;<ref>{{Cite news|date=1944-10-28|title=NACKEY SCRIPPS A BRIDE; Daughter of the Late Publisher Is Wed to George Gallowhur|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/10/28/archives/nackey-scripps-a-bride-daughter-of-the-late-publisher-is-wed-to.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> inventor of ] suntan lotion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Gay Metropolis|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/k/kaiser-metropolis.html|website=archive.nytimes.com|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref> The couple (she used Scripps-Gallowhur as her last name) had one daughter; they divorced in November 1949.<ref name=tree></ref>


In 1952, Nackey married ],{{efn|In August 1949, Loeb had been sued by Gallowhur for having "alienated the affection" of Nackey.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-united-opinion-loeb-jailed-in-1500/161553455/ |title=Loeb Jailed in $150,000 Love Balm Suit |newspaper=The United Opinion |location=] |page=1 |date=August 12, 1949 |accessdate=December 25, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>}} a conservative newspaper publisher who had bought the '']'' of ], in the years after World War II. The Loebs had one daughter, Edith Tomasko, who died in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Edith (Edie) Tomasko|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/concordmonitor/obituary.aspx?n=edith-tomasko-edie&pid=170785078|date=2014-04-25|access-date=2020-05-29}}</ref>
She used a wheelchair after a 1977 car accident left her ] from the chest down<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bumiller|first=Elisabeth|date=1984-02-25|title=Following the Leader|work=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1984/02/25/following-the-leader/f1a21029-8af7-4513-addd-dfd3f3a0c921/|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> and President ] in 1984 appointed her to the ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations & Appointments, March 12, 1984 {{!}} Ronald Reagan Presidential Library - National Archives and Records Administration|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/speeches/31284b|website=www.reaganlibrary.gov|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>


In December 1977, Nackey suffered spinal damage and was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident outside of ], after the car her husband was driving skidded off the road due to ice and flipped over.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/valley-news-mrs-loeb-paralyzed-by-misha/161552556/ |title=Mrs. Loeb Paralyzed By Mishap |agency=] |newspaper=] |location=] |page=21 |date=December 21, 1977 |accessdate=December 25, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1984, President ] appointed her to the ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations & Appointments, March 12, 1984 {{!}} Ronald Reagan Presidential Library - National Archives and Records Administration|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/speeches/31284b|website=www.reaganlibrary.gov|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>
== ''Union Leader'' ==

She helped her husband run the ''Union Leader'' for decades until his death in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The New Hampshire Publisher Who Became the ‘Political Godmother’ of the Modern Right|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/07/new-hampshire-publisher-political-godmother-modern-right-110588|last=Heckman|first=Meg|website=POLITICO|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> She then succeeded him as publisher<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clendinen|first=Dudley|date=1984-02-23|title=New Hampshire Publisher Is Gone, But Paper's Foes Are No Better Off|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/23/us/new-hampshire-publisher-is-gone-but-paper-s-foes-are-no-better-off.html|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> and served until that role until stepping down in 1999, shortly before her death.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Union Leader names a new publisher and executive editor|url=https://pressnh.org/2020/01/13/union-leader-names-a-new-publisher-and-executive-editor/|date=2020-01-13|website=New Hampshire Press Association|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> Nackey helped her husband run the ''Union Leader'' for decades until his death in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The New Hampshire Publisher Who Became the ‘Political Godmother’ of the Modern Right|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/07/new-hampshire-publisher-political-godmother-modern-right-110588|last=Heckman|first=Meg|website=POLITICO|language=en|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> She then succeeded him as publisher,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clendinen|first=Dudley|date=1984-02-23|title=New Hampshire Publisher Is Gone, But Paper's Foes Are No Better Off|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/23/us/new-hampshire-publisher-is-gone-but-paper-s-foes-are-no-better-off.html|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> and served until that role until stepping down in May 1999, shortly before her death.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Union Leader names a new publisher and executive editor|url=https://pressnh.org/2020/01/13/union-leader-names-a-new-publisher-and-executive-editor/|date=2020-01-13|website=New Hampshire Press Association|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> She died on January 8, 2000,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pace|first=Eric|date=2000-01-12|title=Nackey Scripps Loeb, 75, Former Newspaper Publisher|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/12/us/nackey-scripps-loeb-75-former-newspaper-publisher.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> at her home in ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/concord-monitor-nackey-loeb-dies-ending/161551390/ |title=Nackey Loeb dies, ending era at 'Union' |first=Felice |last=Belman |newspaper=] |location=] |page=1 |date=January 9, 2000 |accessdate=December 25, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>


== Legacy == == Legacy ==
She died on January 8, 2000.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pace|first=Eric|date=2000-01-12|title=Nackey Scripps Loeb, 75, Former Newspaper Publisher|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/12/us/nackey-scripps-loeb-75-former-newspaper-publisher.html|access-date=2020-05-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She founded the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications,<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://www.loebschool.org/about-us|website=Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> which has majority ownership of the ''Union Leader'' newspaper<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nackey Loeb School announces new leadership|url=https://www.loebschool.org/2019/11/24/nackey-loeb-school-announces-new-leadership/|last=Wojtkiewicz|first=Linda|date=2019-11-24|website=Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> and gives out an annual Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Loeb Eagle|url=https://www.loebschool.org/first-amendment-award/the-loeb-eagle|website=Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications|access-date=2020-04-30}}</ref> In 1999, she founded the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, a private non-profit school.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://loebschool.org/about-the-nackey-s-loeb-school-of-communication |title=About Us |website=loebschool.org |accessdate=December 25, 2024}}</ref> Annually, the school issues a First Amendment Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://loebschool.org/our-first-amendment-honor |title=Our First Amendment Honor and Event |website=loebschool.org |accessdate=December 25, 2024}}</ref> The organization retains majority ownership of the ''Union Leader'' newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nackey Loeb School announces new leadership |url=https://www.loebschool.org/2019/11/24/nackey-loeb-school-announces-new-leadership/ |last=Wojtkiewicz |first=Linda |date=2019-11-24 |website=loebschool.org |publisher=Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications |language=en-US |access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>


On May 1, 2022, Nackey's daughter from her marriage to George Gallowhur—Nackey E. Gallowhur-Scagliotti—accused her stepfather, William Loeb, of sexually molesting her when she was 7 years old. The ''Union Leader'' denounced William Loeb and removed his name from their ] in response to the accusations.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Kevin |last=Landrigan |authorlink=Kevin Landrigan |title=Stepdaughter: William Loeb sexually molested me as young child |url=https://www.unionleader.com/news/stepdaughter-william-loeb-sexually-molested-me-as-young-child/article_e148a07e-ba6b-54fd-b232-6fa756338962.html |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=UnionLeader.com |date=May 1, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
== Further reading ==


==Notes==
* Meg Heckman. ''Political Godmother: Nackey Scripps Loeb and the Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party'' (2020). {{ISBN|9781640121935}}.
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American newspaper publisher

Nackey Loeb
BornElizabeth Anne Scripps
(1924-02-24)February 24, 1924
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedJanuary 8, 2000(2000-01-08) (aged 75)
Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S.
Other namesElizabeth Scripps-Gallowhur
Nackey S. Loeb
EducationFrancis Parker School (San Diego)
Alma materScripps College
OccupationNewspaper publisher
Years active1981–1999
Known forPublisher of the Manchester Union Leader
Spouses
  • George Gallowhur ​ ​(m. 1944; div. 1949)
  • William Loeb III ​ ​(m. 1952; died 1981)
Children2
RelativesE. W. Scripps (grandfather)

Elizabeth Scripps "Nackey" Loeb (February 24, 1924 – January 8, 2000) was an American newspaper publisher. Her paternal grandfather was the namesake of the E. W. Scripps Company. Her second husband, William Loeb III, was publisher of the Manchester Union Leader newspaper of Manchester, New Hampshire, for 35 years. Upon his death in 1981, Nackey Loeb became publisher and served in that role until 1999.

Biography

Nackey Loeb was born in Los Angeles on February 24, 1924, as Elizabeth Anne Scripps. Her parents were Robert Paine Scripps and Margaret Lou Culbertson. She was always known as Nackey, a name "given to generations of Scripps women". Her paternal grandfather, newspaper titan E. W. Scripps, founded the E. W. Scripps Company. Her father died in 1938, shortly after her 14th birthday. She attended Francis Parker School in San Diego, then Scripps College, which had been founded by her great-aunt, Ellen Browning Scripps.

In 1944, Nackey married George Gallowhur; inventor of Skol suntan lotion. The couple (she used Scripps-Gallowhur as her last name) had one daughter; they divorced in November 1949.

In 1952, Nackey married William Loeb III, a conservative newspaper publisher who had bought the Manchester Union Leader of Manchester, New Hampshire, in the years after World War II. The Loebs had one daughter, Edith Tomasko, who died in 2014.

In December 1977, Nackey suffered spinal damage and was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident outside of Reno, Nevada, after the car her husband was driving skidded off the road due to ice and flipped over. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board.

Nackey helped her husband run the Union Leader for decades until his death in 1981. She then succeeded him as publisher, and served until that role until stepping down in May 1999, shortly before her death. She died on January 8, 2000, at her home in Goffstown, New Hampshire.

Legacy

In 1999, she founded the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, a private non-profit school. Annually, the school issues a First Amendment Award. The organization retains majority ownership of the Union Leader newspaper.

On May 1, 2022, Nackey's daughter from her marriage to George Gallowhur—Nackey E. Gallowhur-Scagliotti—accused her stepfather, William Loeb, of sexually molesting her when she was 7 years old. The Union Leader denounced William Loeb and removed his name from their masthead in response to the accusations.

Notes

  1. Due to surname changes over time, "Nackey" is used for clarity in this article.
  2. In August 1949, Loeb had been sued by Gallowhur for having "alienated the affection" of Nackey.

References

  1. ^ Heckman, Meg (2020). Political Godmother: Nackey Scripps Loeb and the Newspaper That Shook the Republican Party. Potomac Books. ISBN 978-1640121935.
  2. ^ Family Tree of Nackey Scripps Gallowhur Loeb
  3. "Nackey Loeb, ex-publisher of Union Leader, dies at 75". The Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. AP. January 9, 2000. p. A21. Retrieved December 25, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "ROBERT P. SCRIPPS DIES ON HIS YACHT". The New York Times. March 4, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via nytimes.com.
  5. "About Scripps College | History". www.scrippscollege.edu. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  6. "NACKEY SCRIPPS A BRIDE; Daughter of the Late Publisher Is Wed to George Gallowhur". The New York Times. October 28, 1944. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  7. "The Gay Metropolis". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  8. "Loeb Jailed in $150,000 Love Balm Suit". The United Opinion. Bradford, Vermont. August 12, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved December 25, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  9. "Obituary: Edith (Edie) Tomasko". April 25, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  10. "Mrs. Loeb Paralyzed By Mishap". Valley News. Lebanon, New Hampshire. UPI. December 21, 1977. p. 21. Retrieved December 25, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  11. "Nominations & Appointments, March 12, 1984 | Ronald Reagan Presidential Library - National Archives and Records Administration". www.reaganlibrary.gov. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  12. Heckman, Meg. "The New Hampshire Publisher Who Became the 'Political Godmother' of the Modern Right". POLITICO. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  13. Clendinen, Dudley (February 23, 1984). "New Hampshire Publisher Is Gone, But Paper's Foes Are No Better Off". The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  14. "Union Leader names a new publisher and executive editor". New Hampshire Press Association. January 13, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  15. Pace, Eric (January 12, 2000). "Nackey Scripps Loeb, 75, Former Newspaper Publisher". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  16. Belman, Felice (January 9, 2000). "Nackey Loeb dies, ending era at 'Union'". Concord Monitor. Concord, New Hampshire. p. 1. Retrieved December 25, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  17. "About Us". loebschool.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  18. "Our First Amendment Honor and Event". loebschool.org. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  19. Wojtkiewicz, Linda (November 24, 2019). "Nackey Loeb School announces new leadership". loebschool.org. Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  20. Landrigan, Kevin (May 1, 2022). "Stepdaughter: William Loeb sexually molested me as young child". UnionLeader.com. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

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