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More Eleni Epstein references
I have found some 1950s references to Washington Star fashion editor Eleni Epstein (including two photos) in the digitized LA Times. She was writing under the name Eleni Sakes at that time. I plan to send my Eleni article out this week. UPDATE: It’s been sent out.
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Maggie Savoy proofs
My Maggie Savoy article proofs are done and I sent them back to the journal. One of my students asked me yesterday why I research the women I study. I explained that while Maggie Savoy was a groundbreaking journalist who won three Penney-Missouri Awards at the Arizona Republic in the 1960s, yet her name isn’t included in the 422-page history of the newspaper shown above. I am writing women back into journalism history.
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Eleni Epstein & the Washington Star
I just received the final edition of the Washington Star that I found on ebay. In the final edition is a photo of a very young Eleni Epstein – back then she was Helen Sakes. I am completing my work on Eleni’s career and plan to send out a manuscript soon.
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Florida food editors
Yesterday I received a book I found on ebay – Food with a Florida Flair. It was written in 1968 by Miami Herald food editor Virginia Heffington. In it, she mentions that she won a Vesta Award in 1966. (That was the top award for food writing.) She would have worked for Marie Anderson and followed in the footsteps of Jeanne Voltz. I am studying the careers of food editors in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Molly Ivins quote about Vivian Castleberry
I just found a great profile written about Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry in 1996. (Colleen O’Connor, “Vivian Castleberry,” Dallas Morning News, May 12, 1996.) It includes a quote from Molly Ivins: “What Viv was doing on the women’s pages in those years was somewhat subversive. The first treatment of major issues like abortion were on Viv’s pages. Because the male editors in that sexist era paid so little attention to the women’s page, Viv was quietly going about doing remarkable stories that belonged on the front page.” I am working on a book about Vivian. (I visited with Vivian last summer in her home in Dallas.) I am…
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Eleni and the Inauguration
Washington Star fashion editor Eleni Epstein would have loved the Inauguration activities this year. She was a regular White House visitor in her day. I am hoping to send off the Eleni manuscript soon.
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