ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Martha Gellhorn

Martha Gellhorn was a lady who lived a long time ago and wrote about what was happening in the world. She was a journalist, which means she wrote stories about real events and things that were going on in the world around her.

Martha travelled to many different places around the world to tell people about what was happening there. She went to Spain to write about a war that was going on there. She went to England during World War II to write about the things that were happening there too. And she also went to many other places like Vietnam and Israel to tell stories.

Martha was very brave and worked very hard to tell people what was happening in the world. She wanted to make sure that the truth was being told and that people knew what was really going on. Even when it was dangerous to be in certain places, Martha would go there to make sure that she could tell people what was happening.

Many people liked and respected Martha because she was very honest and fair. She wanted to help people and make the world a better place, and she did that by telling the truth and reporting on things that were happening in the world.