History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/Pauline G. Swalm
PAULINE GIVEN SWALM was born at Dahlonega, Wapello County, Iowa, on the 7th of October, 1850. She prepared for college in the public and private schools and graduated from Iowa College at Grinnell. Miss Given was an accomplished writer and in 1871 became associate editor of the Iowa State Register. In October, 1872, she was united in marriage with Albert W. Swalm. In 1874 she was associated with her husband in the publication and editorial management of the Fort Dodge Messenger. Some years later they removed to Oskaloosa and purchased the Herald, where for many years they gave their time to the editorial and business management of that journal. They soon established a daily edition which became one of the most influential Republican journals in the State. During all of this time Mrs. Swalm was a contributor to leading political papers and magazines. She was an accomplished public speaker and was often invited to deliver lectures. She accompanied her husband to Montevideo, where she has been a close observer of South American people and countries, which will be the subject for a book from her pen.