Marian Campfield at the Chicago Defender, 1948. As city editor of the Chicago Bee in the 1930's and 1940's, Marian Campfield was directly responsible for the Bee's general reporting and ensured a remarkable coverage of women's events. She had earlier been married to Frank Mitchell, whose family owned the St. Louis Argus, an early Black-owned newspaper. When the Bee folded in 1947, Campfield was hired as the women's editor of the Chicago Defender. Doris E. Saunders papers, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Chicago Public Library.