Women’s Liberation Movement
I have written about the favorable coverage that women’s page editors gave women’s liberation leaders and issues. That was not the case in other sections of the newspapers. Take for example, the above article from the city section of the Dallas Times Herald in 1972.
This is the lead: “Jaquie Davison, a voluptuous blonde mother of six from Atlanta, says pox on bra-burning ‘women libbers.’” Hill then quotes the woman while again describing her appearance, “My role as a wife and mother is being attacked. Man is divinely ordained to be leader of the home, and things should stay that way,” said “the blonde, brown-eyed Mrs. Davison said.” The woman was in Dallas to speak in her role as the founder of HOW (Happiness of Women) which opposed women’s liberation. The reporter also noted her “tight- fitting blouse” and the fact that Davison enjoys being a “sex object.”
It is difficult to believe the self-described feminist and Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry would have allowed that kind of coverage.
Women’s Liberation Movement
I have written about the favorable coverage that women’s page editors gave women’s liberation leaders and issues. That was not the case in other sections of the newspapers. Take for example, the above article from the city section of the Dallas Times Herald in 1972.
This is the lead: “Jaquie Davison, a voluptuous blonde mother of six from Atlanta, says pox on bra-burning ‘women libbers.’” Hill then quotes the woman while again describing her appearance, “My role as a wife and mother is being attacked. Man is divinely ordained to be leader of the home, and things should stay that way,” said “the blonde, brown-eyed Mrs. Davison said.” The woman was in Dallas to speak in her role as the founder of HOW (Happiness of Women) which opposed women’s liberation. The reporter also noted her “tight- fitting blouse” and the fact that Davison enjoys being a “sex object.”
It is difficult to believe the self-described feminist and Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry would have allowed that kind of coverage.
