Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies
Abstract
The famous Albanian-American investigative journalist Nexhmije Zaimi is one of the most outstanding figures of the first generation intelligence of the Albanian diaspora in the U.S A. She is at the same time the only Albanian female of the 1930s who distinguished her name in the Albanian-American community's intellectual circles, being affirmed as a senior journalist - a rare opportunity for an Albanian woman at that time. She had a long active life, filled with activities, but also with a lot of difficulties. Since her early youth, she boldly challenged the patriarchal environment, refused arranged a marriage with a man of a much greater age, and alone by herself crossed the ocean to find her freedom, to build a new independent life in a place of true democracy in the U.S.A. She was graduated brilliantly in prestigious higher educational institutions of America. Thanks to the perseverance, character set, talent and hard work, she became a determined and courageous disciple of free speech in defense of the truth anywhere it was being raised to the level of the most famous American media journalists and the world. It was the first, model to be followed by later Albanian-American journalist of our day, as a journalist, of "Los Angeles Times"