Elizabeth Peer

Elizabeth Clow Peer (February 3, 1936 − May 26, 1984) was an American journalist. She worked for Newsweek from 1958 to 1984. She was a copy girl at a time when opportunities for women were limited.

In 1962, Peer was promoted to writer. In 1964, she was sent to Paris as Newsweek's first female correspondent. While in Paris, Peer wanted to report on the Vietnam War. But she was rejected because she was a woman.

Peer came back to the United States in 1969 to work in Newsweek's Washington, D.C. bureau.

In the late 1970s, Peer became Newsweek's first female Vietnam War news reporter.

Peer was born in East Orange, New Jersey. She committed suicide in New York City at age 48. Peer had first wanted to kill herself due to a broken tailbone.