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Women’s Page Journalists & Cooking
I bought a copy of this great 1955 cookbook a few weeks ago – it was co-edited by Washington Post women’s page editor Marie Sauer who I blogged about last week. The cookbook was a fundraiser for the Women’s National Press Club. (The National Press Club excluded women as members until 1971.) There were more than 140 authors in the book, making the editor note: “This book may indeed include more famous bylines – over more exclusive copy – than any other volume in history. On page 38 are recipes for “Heavenly Hamburger” and “Cheese Wafers” by Henrietta Poynter – listed as the editor of Congressional Quarterly. She was also…
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Katherine Graham, the Washington Post & Marie Sauer
I just received word that the Encyclopedia of the Sixties will be published at the end of the month. I wrote two entries for the Encyclopedia: one about Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham and one about the false myth of women burning their bras at the 1968 Miss America Pageant. When it comes to women’s page history, too much credit goes to the Washington Post as being the leader in transforming the women’s pages into lifestyle sections. (The personal credit tends to go to editor Ben Bradlee not publisher Graham.) I would argue that Washington Post women’s page editor Marie Sauer was the true leader of women’s page progress. In…
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A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
