▁women ▁would ▁be ▁compet ing ▁in ▁track ▁events . ▁She ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁withdraw , ▁however , ▁when ▁injured ▁during ▁the ▁U . S . ▁track ▁champion ships ▁which ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁New ark , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁as ▁the ▁country ' s ▁Olympic ▁tri als . ▁ ▁M ature ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁journalist ▁ ▁On ▁leaving ▁the ▁Daily ▁News ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁Martin ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁Her ald ▁as ▁feature ▁editor ▁and ▁photograph er . ▁She ▁soon ▁added ▁picture ▁editor ▁to ▁her ▁respons ib ilities ▁at ▁the ▁paper ▁and , ▁when ▁owner ▁William ▁Rand olph ▁H ear st ▁merged ▁the ▁offices ▁of ▁the ▁Her ald ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁Times , ▁she ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁capacity ▁for ▁both ▁papers . ▁With ▁this ▁appointment ▁Martin ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁hold ▁these ▁management ▁positions ▁on ▁a ▁metropol itan ▁newspaper . ▁At ▁that ▁time ▁she ▁directed ▁a ▁staff ▁of ▁about ▁a ▁dozen ▁men ▁responsible ▁for ▁covering ▁straight ▁news , ▁society , ▁f ash ions , ▁the aters , ▁and ▁sports ▁in ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁pages ▁of ▁photos ▁each ▁day . ▁Martin ' s ▁ment or ▁and ▁b oss ▁was ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁dom ine ering ▁and ▁mer cur ial ▁editor , ▁C iss y ▁P atter son . ▁One ▁author ▁says ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁Martin ▁was ▁often ▁cred ited ▁with ▁" al most ▁single - hand edly ▁transform ing ▁William ▁Rand olph ▁H ear st ' s ▁tired ▁Her ald ▁into ▁what ▁was