Roxcy Bolton House

Lance and I spent last weekend in beautiful Coral Gables. On Friday we went through the papers of Helen Muir at the University of Miami. We were happy to discover folders about several of the people we study: Jim Bellows, Dorothy Jurney and Jeanne Voltz. We found interesting information about the state of Florida journalism and the role of women. We also found evidence of great friendships.

After our archiving, we visited the Roxcy Bolton House which is near the campus. (That’s a photo of the visit above – I’m 6 months pregnant with Curtis James.) Roxcy worked with the Miami women journalists as an early feminist leader. For example, Roxcy was a friend of Miami Herald women’s page editor Marie Anderson.

I’m working on an article about Helen.

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