Women’s Page Editor Mary McCurria
Yesterday, I came across the obituary of Bradenton Herald women’s page editor Mary McCurria:
““She was ahead of her time when it came to women working in the newsroom,” said Gene Page, whose family owned the Bradenton Herald for 50 years.
A native of Ellerslie, Ga., Ms. McMurria graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Georgia in journalism and went to work in 1937 as a reporter for the Page Corp.’s Columbus Ledger and Columbus Enquirer.
During World War II with most men staffers gone, she became city editor.
Hoping a change in climate would help her artist husband Henry’s rheumatoid arthritis, Ms. McMurria moved to Bradenton in 1945 and eventually rejoined the Page family at the Bradenton Herald working in women’s news.
“She was the family’s breadwinner,” Page said.
After becoming women’s editor in 1960, Ms. McMurria was appointed Sunday Magazine editor in 1966.”
