Women’s History Month: Betty Ewing
Day 14 of Women’s History Month is another Texas women’s page journalist: Houston society writer Betty Ewing.
Like many of her fellow female reporters during World War II, she got to cover hard news. (Other examples include Marjorie Paxson and Koky Dishon.) When the war ended, she was pushed into the women’s pages and she specialized in society coverage. She worked to broaden the definition of society to be more inclusive.
Lance and I went through Betty’s papers several years ago at Texas Woman’s University.
I included Betty in my recent book chapter about gossip and the women’s pages.
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