Question: Facts:   - death place: hamilton , ontario , canada    - known for: world 's first accredited female war correspondent    - birth name: kathleen blake coleman    - death cause: pneumonia    - death date: 16 may 1915      - birth date: 20 february 1856    - name: kit coleman    - citizenship: canadian    - nationality: irish    - image: kcoleman.jpg    - birth place: castleblakeney , county galway , ireland    - occupation: war correspondent   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kit coleman .
Answer:
`` kit coleman '' -lrb- 1856 -- 1915 -rrb- was the `` nom de plume '' of the irish-canadian newspaper columnist kathleen blake coleman .coleman was the world 's first accredited female war correspondent , covering the spanish-american war for the toronto mail in 1898 .coleman also served as the first president of the canadian women 's press club , an organization of women journalists .