My Orlando Talk, Lilly Pulitzer & Cute Cookies
I was excited to see that the Orange County Regional Historical Center list my talk in March for Women’s History Month. This is the description:
Evening Lecture with Dr. Kimberly Voss: Fashion, Food and Feminism: Florida’s Women’s Page Editors in the 1960s
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Throughout the 1960s, the Florida women’s page editors were setting the standard across the country. They were regularly giving lectures to other women’s page editors and dominated the Penney-Missouri Awards- the top journalism prize for the sections. These editors were developing a community together. They socialized, encouraged and pushed the definition of women’s news. This time period was described by Marjorie Paxson, Miami Herald and later St. Petersburg Times women’s page journalist, as the “golden era” for women’s pages. This talk will be about women’s page editors including Marie Anderson, Roberta Applegate, Beverley Morales, Edee Greene, Dorothy Jurney and Billie O’Day.
Kimberly Wilmot Voss, PhD, is an associate professor and area coordinator of Journalism at the University of Central Florida. She specializes in telling the stories of women who journalism history tends to forget: women’s page journalists. She has published more than 25 articles about these women and is writing a book on food journalism for Rowman & Littlefield Publishing. Join Dr. Kimberly Voss as she takes you behind the scenes of the lives of women editors in the 60’s. The program will be held from 7 pm to 8:30 pm in the Chapin Gallery. The cost is $10 for members and $25 for non-members.
My research has led to research about Lilly Pulitzer and Palm Beach Post women’s page editor Kathryn Robinette. Lilly’s designs inspired these cookies:
