Marjorie Paxson

Marjorie Paxson was a groundbreaking women’s page editor in Texas and Florida, who also covered hard news for the wire sevices during World War II. She went on to be the fourth female publisher in the Gannett newspaper chain. She established the National Women and Media Collection at the University of Missouri – it recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.

For more on Marj, read my article (along with Lance Speere) in the 2007-2008 issue of Media History Monographs.

I reviewed the National Women and Media Collection in the Spring 2005 issue of the journal Journalism History.

My talk at the 20th Anniversary celebration was reprinted in the Spring 2008 Clio newsletter.

The Columbia Missourian did a great package on the Anniversary.

Paxson’s papers are in the Collection.