It is September 13, 1900.

The storm has passed, and Galveston — devastated and in ruin — is cut off.

Relief supplies are pouring into the wharf at nearby Texas City, where boats are ferrying them across Galveston Bay.

Worried men who wanted to search for family members in Galveston are allowed on these boats, but not women.

So, Winifred Black has dressed in men’s clothing and talked her way onto a relief boat.

She will be the first journalist to reach Galveston and her reports will rivet the nation.

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