Women’s History Month, Day 8: Dorothy Jurney
Day eight of Women’s History Month features Dorothy Jurney who was known as the godmother of the women’s pages. She is pictured above without glasses (The woman in the glasses is Marie Anderson – I will blog about her tomorrow.)
Jurney was a groundbreaking women’s page editor who encouraged other editors to improve the content of their sections. Dorothy worked on the hard news side during World War II and as forced back to the women’s pages in peacetime. In 1950, she revolutionized the women’s pages of the Miami Herald and mentored Marie Anderson to take her place.
Below are some resources about Jurney:
Her papers are at the National Women & Media Collection that I mentioned yesterday. Here is the finding guide for her papers.
Here is a link to her oral history.
Here is a link to nice description of her career.
Here is a link to my article about her.
