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Eleanor Hart in photo
I just noticed that women’s page columnist Eleanor Hart is in this photo of the Miami Herald newsroom. That’s her standing near the filing cabinet. (The photo is at the WHMC. In Dorothy Jurney’s papers.) We went through Eleanor’s 1950s and 1960s columns at a Miami archive a few weeks ago.
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Lori Wilson photo
I just found this image of an injured Florida Sen. Lori Wilson. I am working on a revise-and-resubmit on an article about Wilson and her fight for the ERA and her media image.
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Edee Greene reference
Today I am working on a conference paper about the Fort Lauderdale News women’s page editor Edee Greene. She is referenced in this book about her city. The reference is about her threat to picket a restaurant that wanted to exclude women.
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Molly Ivins plans
I hope to make my plans to visit Austin soon to go through Molly Ivins’ papers at the University of Texas.
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Dorothy Jurney information
Yesterday I received the divorce record of legendary women’s page editor Dorothy Jurney. (It was found in the State of Florida Office of Vital Statistics.) Dorothy mentioned in her oral history that her husband Frank had appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court. She also stated that she did not know why he had appealed the ruling for divorce. The record reveals why he may have appealed the ruling. The divorce was granted on Dorothy’s grounds of “extreme cruelty.” Here’s information about the appeal: Florida Case LawJURNEY v. JURNEY, 110 So.2d 49 (Fla.App. 3 Dist. 1959)No. 58-197.March 19, 1959. Rehearing Denied April 8, 1959. The appellee-wife sued appellant for…
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Vera Glaser writing
Today I worked on my article about political reporter and columnist Vera Glaser. (Her work often ran in the women’s pages.) I spoke with one of her relatives on Thursday. I am presenting the article next month in New York. Vera is featured in this photo with President Nixon. Here’s an article Vera wrote.
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