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FCH Talk about Billie O’Day
The Florida Conference of Historian program is out. I am happy to be speaking about Miami News women’s page editor Billie O’Day. This is from her obituary: “Summing herself up in her notes, Billie O’Day wrote: “I believed Anita Hill. My favorite TV shows are ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Brooklyn Bridge,’ ‘Murder She Wrote,’ ‘The Civil War,’ and any other documentary by Ken Burns.“I watch CNN and C-Span. I go to lunch every day with my next-door neighbor, a Juilliard grad and a terrific vocalist and pianist. I don’t go out at night.’’
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Upcoming Tustenegee Article
I was happy to learn on Friday that my article about Palm Beach women’s page editor Kathryn Robinette has been accepted for publication by the Tustenegee journal.
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Writing Women into the Curriculum
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Modern Day Women’s Page
I was interested to see that the Washington Post is introducing a modern women’s page, The Lily. Here is a story about it. The name “The Lily” is a nod to the first newspaper for and run by women which was established in 1849.
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Wine Journalism Reference to Ruth Ellen Church
I was happy to see this reference to Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church in the book, American Wine. Church, who initially wrote under the pen name Mary Meade, was the first American newspaper wine editor. I am working on a journal article about Church and the history of newspaper wine journalism, based on my Food Studies conference paper.
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Chicago Tribune Beauty Editor Eleanor Nagle
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New Directions in Florida’s African American History
I am excited that my paper NAME has been accepted for presentation at the conference “New Directions in Florida’s African American History,” at Flagler College, March 23-25, 2017, Saint Augustine, Florida. I have addressed the women’s page coverage of black brides in a journal article and the book, When Private Talk Goes Public.
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Happy Anniversary!
Happy anniversary to my husband and co-author! A wonderful 13 years.
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