Yesterday, I received a copy of this image. (It can be found in the papers of the Penney-Missouri Awards at the University of Missouri’s Western Historical Manuscript Collection.)

In this photo, taken at a Penney-Missouri Awards’ workshop, are three award-winning women’s page editors: Sandra Wesley, Betty Preston and Edee Greene. One of the strengths of the award program was the workshops that allowed winners to share their secrets for success.

I presented a paper about Edee Greene, the women’s page editor at Fort Lauderdale News, last year. She was a fascinating person – a caring friend, a community advocate and a funny writer.

I am working on a revision on my article about Betty Preston, the women’s page editor of the Glendale (California) News-Press. She was one of the few women of that era (career beginning during World War II) who would eventually be promoted to newspaper management.

I am in the process of writing about Sandra Wesley, a Boca Raton News women’s page editor. She was in the next wave of women I study – those who started at newspapers in the 1960s.

Another thing that Sandra and Betty had in common is that they were Michigan natives who escaped those cold winters for sunnier locales. Florida and California women’s page editors dominated the Penney-Missouri competition. They often teased Award Director Paul Myhre about having to visit chilly Missouri in March to get their prizes.

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Yesterday, I received a copy of this image. (It can be found in the papers of the Penney-Missouri Awards at the University of Missouri’s Western Historical Manuscript Collection.)

In this photo, taken at a Penney-Missouri Awards’ workshop, are three award-winning women’s page editors: Sandra Wesley, Betty Preston and Edee Greene. One of the strengths of the award program was the workshops that allowed winners to share their secrets for success.

I presented a paper about Edee Greene, the women’s page editor at Fort Lauderdale News, last year. She was a fascinating person – a caring friend, a community advocate and a funny writer.

I am working on a revision on my article about Betty Preston, the women’s page editor of the Glendale (California) News-Press. She was one of the few women of that era (career beginning during World War II) who would eventually be promoted to newspaper management.

I am in the process of writing about Sandra Wesley, a Boca Raton News women’s page editor. She was in the next wave of women I study – those who started at newspapers in the 1960s.

Another thing that Sandra and Betty had in common is that they were Michigan natives who escaped those cold winters for sunnier locales. Florida and California women’s page editors dominated the Penney-Missouri competition. They often teased Award Director Paul Myhre about having to visit chilly Missouri in March to get their prizes.

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