Chicago Tribune Society Writer Eleanor Page
I came across a new women’s page figure for my upcoming book: society reporter Eleanor Page. According to her obituary:
“At the height of American society reporting after World War II, Mrs. Voysey, who always wrote under her maiden name Eleanor Page, helped establish the criteria that set members of Chicago’s elite apart from those in other cities. She contended one could be admitted into New York society by having money; in the South, with an important family name. In Chicago, she later wrote, only charity work had the power to allow someone to know everyone and go everywhere.”
In the book, Re-Evaluating Women’s Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era: Celebrating Soft News, there will be an examination of how society reporting differed in various regions of the country.
