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Happy Mother’s Day
Several women’s page journalists were mothers, including Vivian Castleberry, Edee Greene, Jane Nickerson and Dorothee Polson. They each had at least three children while also working as journalists. This was at a time when there was no daycare or maternity leave. These women had to pave their own ways as working mothers. A special recognition of my favorite toddler who loves pudding. He is taking his mother to the beach today. Happy Mother’s Day!
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Happy Mother’s Day
Several women’s page journalists were mothers, including Vivian Castleberry, Edee Greene, Jane Nickerson and Dorothee Polson. They each had at least three children while also working as journalists. This was at a time when there was no daycare or maternity leave. These women had to pave their own ways as working mothers. A special recognition of my favorite toddler who loves pudding. He is taking his mother to the beach today. Happy Mother’s Day!
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Kentucky Firsts
Rosie Napravnik (pictured above) hopes to become the first woman to win the Kentucky Derby today. Napravnik will be aboard Pants on Fire, on whom she won the Louisiana Derby. Five women have ridden in the Kentucky Derby — the last was Rosemary Homeister in 2003 — but none has finished in the top 10. Napravnik already has made some history. She’s the first female jockey to win the Louisiana Derby and the Fair Grounds riding title, finishing first on 110 of her 482 mounts to far outpace closest competitor James Graham (76 of 539). Louisville is home to another important first: Carol Sutton. Carol was a groundbreaking women’s page…
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Kentucky Firsts
Rosie Napravnik (pictured above) hopes to become the first woman to win the Kentucky Derby today. Napravnik will be aboard Pants on Fire, on whom she won the Louisiana Derby. Five women have ridden in the Kentucky Derby — the last was Rosemary Homeister in 2003 — but none has finished in the top 10. Napravnik already has made some history. She’s the first female jockey to win the Louisiana Derby and the Fair Grounds riding title, finishing first on 110 of her 482 mounts to far outpace closest competitor James Graham (76 of 539). Louisville is home to another important first: Carol Sutton. Carol was a groundbreaking women’s page…
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NY Herald Tribune Fashion Editor Eugenia Sheppard
Another significant fashion editor was NY Herald Tribune Fashion Editor Eugenia Sheppard. This is how she is described in the above book, The Paper: “With the introduction in 1956 of her thrice-weekly column, ‘Inside Fashion,’ Sheppard revolutionized the journalism of style by adjusting its focus from inanimate fabric to the people who designed and wore it. … By deciding whom and what to write about she could create a whole new pattern of social commentary.” She is mentioned in several Time Magazine articles about fashion in the 1950s and 1960s. Here is one example These are two of her more well-known quotes:“It’s all terribly cute, but like giving a girl…
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NY Herald Tribune Fashion Editor Eugenia Sheppard
Another significant fashion editor was NY Herald Tribune Fashion Editor Eugenia Sheppard. This is how she is described in the above book, The Paper: “With the introduction in 1956 of her thrice-weekly column, ‘Inside Fashion,’ Sheppard revolutionized the journalism of style by adjusting its focus from inanimate fabric to the people who designed and wore it. … By deciding whom and what to write about she could create a whole new pattern of social commentary.” She is mentioned in several Time Magazine articles about fashion in the 1950s and 1960s. Here is one example These are two of her more well-known quotes:“It’s all terribly cute, but like giving a girl…
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