Fargo Women’s Page Editor Doris Eastman
I came across a new women’s page editor: Doris Eastman of Fargo, North Dakota. From her obituary:
” Upon graduation from Fargo Central High School in 1934, she went to work at the Moorhead, MN, Daily News and wrote stories for the society section. There she met Edward Eastman, who was the city editor. They married in 1938 and Doris left the workforce to raise three sons. In 1951, she joined the Forum, and was promoted to women’s editor in 1958. She also wrote a weekly column for 20 years. She won many awards from the North Dakota Press Women and the National Federation of Press Women.”
From another obituary:
“At one time the section had little more than parties, notices of organization meetings, engagements and weddings written in minute detail,” Eastman wrote in her farewell column of December 1978. “Through the years, we hope, it has reflected the changing world of women and family and, in some cases, helped to stimulate changes for the better.”
Her papers can be found here and an oral history with Eastman can be found here.
