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Bobbi McCallum update
I just got an email update that my article about Seattle P-I women’s page journalist Bobbi McCallum is scheduled to run in the Spring 2010 issue of a Washington history magazine. Bobbi was a Penney-Missouri Award winner in the 1960s. Sadly she died at age 25 and her story was largely lost until now. I am now collecting images for the article. The photo above is from the Penney-Missouri Awards papers at the University of Missouri.
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Drue Lytle obituary
I just came across the obituary for Honolulu Advertiser women’s page editor Drue Lytle. She was a Penney-Missouri Award winner in the 1960s. I am currently collecting information about Drue.
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Baby Boom Book
I just finished the final revisions and paperwork for my chapter on women for the book, Baby Boom. In the chapter, I detailed the work of Fort Lauderdale women’s page editor Edee Greene. The book will come out in early 2010.
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Pearl Harbor
Today is the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Hugh Lytle was the journalist whose teletype message provided Associated Press and the world with the first account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was married to award-winning Hawaii women’s page editor Drue Lytle. Here is Hugh’s obituary. Drue is mentioned in it.
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Roberta Applegate reference
I found a new reference to women’s page journalist Roberta Applegate. She had a letter to the editor published in this 1957 issue of Life magazine. Here is a link to the letter.
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James Beard edits
I am rereading the James Beard memoir Delights and Prejudices as I complete the final edits on my chapter about Beard. The chapter is for a book about Cooking Icons. In another book about Beard, the author mentions Beard’s books being reviewed in the women’s section of the New York Times. Food journalism was usually found in the women’s section of newspapers. I also found the following video about Beard:
A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
