Editing Cissy Patterson (section)

{{short description|American novelist}}
{{infobox person
| name        = Eleanor, Countess Gizycki
| image       = Eleanor Cissy Patterson cph.3b29571.jpg
| caption     = Eleanor "Cissy" Patterson
| birth_name  = Elinor Josephine Patterson
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1881|11|07}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1948|07|24|1881|11|07}}
| death_place = [[Rosaryville State Park|Mount Airy]], [[Rosaryville, Maryland]]
| education   = [[Miss Porter's School]]
| parents     = [[Robert Wilson Patterson]] <br>Elinor Medill Patterson
| spouse      = {{marriage|Count Josef Gizycki|April 14, 1904||reason=div}}
| children    = Felicia Leonora Gizycki
| relations   =  [[Joseph Medill Patterson]] (brother)<br>[[Joseph Medill]] (grandfather)
}}
'''Eleanor Josephine Medill "Cissy" Patterson, Countess Gizycki''' (November 7, 1881 – July 24, 1948) was an American [[journalist]] and [[newspaper]] editor, publisher and owner. She was one of the first women to head a major daily newspaper, the ''[[Washington Times-Herald]]'' in [[Washington, D.C.]]