Yesterday was Father’s Day. We spent the weekend visiting big trucks (that’s son Curtis James featured above in a fire truck) and then at the beach. My son is forever connected to the women’s pages. He is named for Curtis Castleberry – the husband of of Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. He is the wonderful father of five daughters. The two Curtises met last fall at a celebration for Vivian. His middle name is in honor of James Bellows – the husband of women’s page editor Maggie Savoy and a wonderful editor, himself. Jim died while I was pregnant with Curtis. I did get to interview him about Maggie…

Yesterday was Father’s Day. We spent the weekend visiting big trucks (that’s son Curtis James featured above in a fire truck) and then at the beach. My son is forever connected to the women’s pages. He is named for Curtis Castleberry – the husband of of Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. He is the wonderful father of five daughters. The two Curtises met last fall at a celebration for Vivian. His middle name is in honor of James Bellows – the husband of women’s page editor Maggie Savoy and a wonderful editor, himself. Jim died while I was pregnant with Curtis. I did get to interview him about Maggie…

I am doing some work on Hawaii women’s page journalist Pat Hunter today. Above is her story – one in a series – about divorce law in Hawaii. Hunter won two Penney-Missouri Awards for investigative reporting – one for a story about child abuse and another about LSD in which she used the drug as part of the story. A wonderful librarian in Hawaii has located Hunter’s obituary and an editorial tribute to her at my request. I plan to create an outline about her career and impact.

I am doing some work on Hawaii women’s page journalist Pat Hunter today. Above is her story – one in a series – about divorce law in Hawaii. Hunter won two Penney-Missouri Awards for investigative reporting – one for a story about child abuse and another about LSD in which she used the drug as part of the story. A wonderful librarian in Hawaii has located Hunter’s obituary and an editorial tribute to her at my request. I plan to create an outline about her career and impact.

I recently got the nicest email from Beverley Morales’ sister which reminded me to get back to work on telling Beverley’s story. Beverley was an award-winning Florida women’s page editor in the 1960s. (She won a Penney-Missouri Award while she was at the Sun-Sentinel.) She also had a career in investigative reporting and was a successful grant writer. Yesterday, I discovered her University of Wyoming master’s thesis: “Press coverage of Native American affairs focusing on four Montana and Wyoming newspapers.” I just ordered a copy of the thesis. I am continuing to work on an article about Beverley and her colorful life. I am largely focusing on her editing of…

My book review of Freedom for Women: Forging the Women’s Liberation Movement, 1953–1970 has been published in this month’s Journal of American History. Here is part of the review: “Giardina’s role as an organizer in the movement makes her story unique. (In addition, a transcript of Giardina’s oral history is available at the Smathers Library at the University of Florida.) This book includes her views after decades of retrospection. She wrote that the purpose of her study was to highlight the role “the non-feminist social movement played – movements in which women held a contradictory position of more equal partnership and freedom for contribution.” She met her goal.The book does…