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Vivian Castleberry Peace Institute
The Vivian Castleberry Peace Institute at the University of North Texas has been officially approved. It is one of the only institutes of its kind in the county. Vivian became an active part of the peace movement after she retired as the women’s page editor in Dallas. As women’s page editor, she helped change the structure of women’s news. I published an article about Vivian in 2007 and am currently working on a book about her.
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More about food sections
I came across this great feature about the food section in Milwaukee. It provides a great history, including the increasing focus on food news such as nutrition and food safety. It includes references to Peggy Daum, a food editor from the 1960s who I am researching. Later this week I will be interviewing the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel food editor Nancy J. Stohl about Peggy. I am working on a project about the role of food sections in the women’s pages.
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History society & television exhibit
Yesterday we went to the the television and film costume exhibit at the Orange County Historical Society. The best connection I can make to women’s page editors is Maggie Savoy. Maggie was a women’s page editor in Arizona and California in the 1950s and 1960s. Before she became a journalist, she was a writer for the Red Skelton Show – this was after she graduated from USC.
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Information about food editor Peggy Daum
I have found more information about longtime Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum Judge. Daum is mentioned in the above book about writing recipes. Here is her obit. A scholarship is given in her name at the University of Arizona, where she earned a degree in journalism. She is not included in the book about the history of the Milwaukee Journal although there are three references to the food section. The food sections originated in the women’s pages of newspapers. I am working on writing food journalism into journalism history.
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AJHA submission
I just submitted a paper to the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) Convention. It is the first time I have submitted research on food journalism – a major part of women’s pages. UPDATE: It was accepted!
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Researching food editor Peggy Daum
I have begun researching the career of Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum. She was a multiple Vesta Award winner (the top prize for newspaper food writing) and edited the above cookbook. I am writing a conference proposal about 1960s food sections that would focus on the work of Jeanne Voltz, Ann Hamman and Peggy Daum. These sections were a part of women’s pages.
A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
