Constance Drexel, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Constance Drexel

Feature writer

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1894

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1956

Profession: suffragette, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Constance Drexel (ca.
November 24, 1884 or ca.
November 28, 1894 (possible; disputed) – August 28, 1956), a naturalized United States citizen, and groundbreaking feature writer for U.S.
newspapers, was indicted (but not tried or convicted) for treason in World War II for radio broadcasts from Berlin that extolled Nazi virtues.She became famous falsely claiming to be an heiress of the famous Drexel family of Philadelphia.
Arrested in Vienna and jailed at war’s end by American troops, she was released and allowed to return to the United States to live.
The U.S.
Department of Justice eventually dismissed the treason charges against her because her broadcasts were not deemed “political in nature.”