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Chicago Encyclopedia of Food
Excited to learn that the Chicago Encyclopedia of Food will be out this fall. I wrote the entry about longtime Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church.
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FIU: Women in Communication
I was happy to be part of the FIU Women in Communication: Breaking the Barrier conference in Miami. I spoke about my new book, Janet Chusmir and Gloria Biggs. I will be presenting the paper at AEJMC in Chicago this fall.
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Quilt Journalist & Artist Edna Marie Dunn
I found this great biography about Edna Marie Dunn who illustrated the quilt column that ran in the women’s pages of the Kansas City Star.
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Quilt Columns in the Newspaper
I was excited to find this book, Women of Design, about the history of quilt columns in the women’s pages of newspapers. It includes the stories of many interesting women – all from Kansas. I will include them in my next book about the history of the women’s pages.
- Catherine East, Dorothy Jurney, Kay Clarenbach, Marie Anderson, Marjorie Paxson, National Women and Media Collection, Vera Glaser
The Women Politicking Politely is Out!
Happy to announce that Women Politicking Politely is now out – books arrived today. It tells the story of six important women – several of whom were women’s page journalists: Marie Anderson, Dorothy Jurney, Marj Paxson, Vera Glaser, Catherine East & Kay Clarenbach.
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Newspaper Mention of my Roxcy Bolton Research
Great to see a newspaper mention of my research about Roxcy Bolton, a Florida icon. From the article:“Many of Roxcy’s missions in advocacy began with a phone call to her home in Coral Gables. One time, the woman on the other end of the receiver had been arrested for indecent exposure for breastfeeding her baby in a Miami park. Roxcy hung up and immediately called Attorney General Bob Shevin in Tallahassee, insisting that he be pulled out of a meeting because of an emergency. When he answered the phone, she calmly asked, “Did your mother breastfeed you?” Roxcy had the charges dropped in no time. As for the park, it’s…
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A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
