 She also wrote feature and news articles for the "Crimson" about Jerry Rubin and Frank Bardacke and the Boston Black Panther Party and "Probing Antioch College's Novel Psyche"

Diana Mara Henry first set foot at the Alice Austen House in 1970, when she was writing a feature article for the "Staten Island Advance", the NYC borough's "Newhouse" daily newspaper for which she was working as a General Assignment reporter.The house was in disrepair and deteriorated further over the years, as DMH researched the work of the owner (1866–1952) for whom it is named, pioneering photographer E. Alice Austen.Diana Mara Henry, who had left the "Advance" to take up a career in photography, wanted to produce a book of famous women photographers to inspire and encourage young women to adopt the profession by offering them role models of other daring and accomplished women in the field.