Kalamazoo Gazette women’s page editor Marjorie Goldsmith
Kalamazoo Gazette women’s page editor Marjorie Goldsmith has died. Here is information from her obituary:
The election of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the presidency in 1952 resulted, indirectly, in Kalamazoo gaining a first-rate journalist, according to Betty Upjohn Mason.
Marjorie G. Goldsmith, who was working for the government in Washington, D.C., was relieved of her job along with many other Truman administration employees when Eisenhower took office in 1953, Mason said.
Goldsmith is credited with modernizing the Gazette’s Women’s Section, which in the 1970s became the Family Living Section and covered a variety of topics from health to cooking, Mason said.
“She was a very energetic … very charming, gregarious person, and I think she did a good job,” Mason said.
Mason said Goldsmith ran a tight ship in her department. “She was not demanding in an unpleasant way, but she wanted things done well and done properly,” she said.
“She was dedicated to her job and was dedicated to the community, too,” said retired Gazette Sports Editor Jack Moss.
Among her involvements, according to Gazette records, were the American Association of University Women, the Women’s Club and the Junior Women’s Club.
In 1972, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs honored Goldsmith “for outstanding assistance in aiding the goals of the Community Improvement Program of the federation.”
Kalamazoo Gazette women’s page editor Marjorie Goldsmith
Kalamazoo Gazette women’s page editor Marjorie Goldsmith has died. Here is information from her obituary:
The election of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the presidency in 1952 resulted, indirectly, in Kalamazoo gaining a first-rate journalist, according to Betty Upjohn Mason.
Marjorie G. Goldsmith, who was working for the government in Washington, D.C., was relieved of her job along with many other Truman administration employees when Eisenhower took office in 1953, Mason said.
Goldsmith is credited with modernizing the Gazette’s Women’s Section, which in the 1970s became the Family Living Section and covered a variety of topics from health to cooking, Mason said.
“She was a very energetic … very charming, gregarious person, and I think she did a good job,” Mason said.
Mason said Goldsmith ran a tight ship in her department. “She was not demanding in an unpleasant way, but she wanted things done well and done properly,” she said.
“She was dedicated to her job and was dedicated to the community, too,” said retired Gazette Sports Editor Jack Moss.
Among her involvements, according to Gazette records, were the American Association of University Women, the Women’s Club and the Junior Women’s Club.
In 1972, the General Federation of Women’s Clubs honored Goldsmith “for outstanding assistance in aiding the goals of the Community Improvement Program of the federation.”
