This week, I interviewed the daughter of Lois Hagen, Gwen Gilligan. Hagen was the longtime furnishings editor for the women’s pages of the Milwaukee Journal. I am working on an article about Hagen and the importance of furnishings as one of the four Fs.

Hagen won numerous awards including the top prize for furnishings reporting – the Dawe Award. It was named for the late Milwaukee Journal furnishings reporter Dorothy Dawe.

Gwen was very helpful in filling in the details of her mother’s career. Gwen said her mother liked to report about people not furniture. That was also the approach that Vivian Castleberry took when she was the furnishings reporter for the Dallas Times Herald.

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This week, I interviewed the daughter of Lois Hagen, Gwen Gilligan. Hagen was the longtime furnishings editor for the women’s pages of the Milwaukee Journal. I am working on an article about Hagen and the importance of furnishings as one of the four Fs.

Hagen won numerous awards including the top prize for furnishings reporting – the Dawe Award. It was named for the late Milwaukee Journal furnishings reporter Dorothy Dawe.

Gwen was very helpful in filling in the details of her mother’s career. Gwen said her mother liked to report about people not furniture. That was also the approach that Vivian Castleberry took when she was the furnishings reporter for the Dallas Times Herald.

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