Al Neuharth
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The Men Behind the Golden Era of the Women’s Pages
My paper, “The Men Behind the Golden Era of the Florida Women’s Pages: Jim Bellows, Lee Hills & Al Neuharth,” has been accepted for presentation at the Florida Conference of Historians. It will be held in St. Augustine in January 2014. That is Jim pictured above. Here is more about the paper:For decades, the only place for women in journalism was in the women’s pages of newspapers. The “golden era” for the sections was in the 1950s and 1960s. And, the place to be during those decades was Florida. It was due to a mix of talented women journalists and male editors who were willing to change the definition of…
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Al Neuharth Has Died
Gannett executive and USA Today founder Al Neuharth died on Friday. He is pictured above with women’s page editor Dorothy Jurney. Neuharth was an advocate for women in journalism. He named women’s page editor Gloria Biggs as the first woman to be a Gannett publisher. Several years later, he named women’s page editor Marjorie Paxson to be a Gannett publisher. Neuharth was married to Florida Senator Lori Wilson in the 1970s. Here is a link to an article I wrote about Wilson and her fight to get the E.R.A. passed in her state.
