Women’s History Month, Day 9 & Marie Anderson
Marie Anderson was a groundbreaking women’s page editor at the Miami Herald. She was mentored by Dorothy Jurney who I blogged about yesterday. In this photo, Marie (wearing the glasses) is speaking with club editor Roberta Applegate.
Marie won so many Penney-Missouri Awards (the top recognition for women’s pages) during the 1960s that she was retired from the competition. She was a leader in the women’s page community.
Marie was interviewed for the Washington Press Club Foundation’s “Women in Journalism” oral history project. She was beginning to lose her memory and the interview does not provide much detail about her career.
Her papers are part of the National Women & Media Collection. Here is a link to the finding guide.
Here is a link to an article that Lance & I wrote about Marie.
