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New Jo Werne images
The wonderful folks at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri just posted these images of Jo Werne. Jo, who died last week, was a longtime reporter at the Miami Herald. She spent many of those years in the women’s pages. I was sad to learn of her death so I wanted to share these images in celebration of her career. The great women journalists of south Florida are so intertwined – I find connections on a regular basis. Late summer, I found a note from Jo to Helen Muir (a Miami journalist and library advocate) in Helen’s papers at the University of Miami. The September 29,…
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Florida Communication Association & Eleanor Hart
I just learned that my paper about columnist Eleanor Hart has been accepted for presentation at the Florida Communication Association conference. She worked in the women’s pages of the Miami Herald in the 1950s and 1960s. I went through her papers at the South Florida Historical Society last year. My paper focuses on how her column reflected the community’s negotiation of change in terms of race and gender. The integration of neighborhoods and working mothers led to heated letters from readers. Advice columns, like the women’s pages, are often overlooked by media critics and historians.
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Libraries are Trendy
NPR had this interesting story about libraries becoming trendy. The growth of libraries was largely based on women’s clubs who raised funds and awareness – an acceptable form of activism. These clubs were heavily covered in the women’s pages. In Miami, Helen Muir was both a women’s page reporter and an advocate for libraries. I have gone through Helen’s papers at the University of Miami and plan to look at the intersection of women’s pages and cultural institutions like libraries. Women’s pages helped to create the foundation of many communities.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas
I was just assigned a book review of Everglades legend Marjory Stoneman Douglas – the book is called An Everglades Providence. In addition to her environmental work, Marjory wrote for the Miami Herald. She was friends with women’s page journalists Marie Anderson, Helen Muir and Dorothy Jurney. Below is some great video of Marjory. More attention needs to be paid to the work of garden clubs and the work they did in conservation – a common topic for the women’s pages.
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I Hate to Cook Cookbook Reissued
The I Hate to Cook Cookbook has been reissued for its 50th anniversary. The USA Today reviewer noted: “The book’s premise, unheard of in June Cleaver’s day, was for women to get in and out of the kitchen as quickly as possible.” I just ordered a copy. The author, Peg Bracken, had a background in advertising and was a witty writer. This is from the original book: “Start cooking those noodles, first dropping a bouillon cube into the noodle water. Brown the garlic, onion and crumbled beef in the oil. Add the flour, salt, paprika and mushrooms, stir, and let it cook five minutes while you light a cigarette and…
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Ms Magazine Blog
Today, the Ms Magazine blog posted my response about women’s pages:Hey, Don’t Knock the “Women’s Pages”! : Ms Magazine Blog
A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
