Anne Rowe
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Photo of Anne Rowe in the Tampa Bay Times
I was happy to see Anne Rowe’s photo with Elvis in the Tampa Bay Times. She was the longtime women’s page editor at the St. Petersburg Times. Here is an article I wrote about her. Here is an AJHA newsletter article I wrote about Anne Rowe.
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Elvis in Florida Book & Anne Rowe Goldman
I really enjoyed Bob Kealing’s book about Elvis in Florida – Elvis Ignited: The Rise of an Icon in Florida. I especially enjoyed the sections about women’s page journalists – including Anne Rowe. Here is a link to an article I wrote about Rowe’s career in St. Petersburg.
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AJHA Newsletter: My Anne Rowe Column
Looking forward to the AJHA conference in St. Petersburg next month. This is a column I wrote for AJHA about one of my favorite St. Pete journalists, Anne Rowe Goldman.
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Ms Blog Post about Lifestyle Journalism
I am proud of my latest post for the Ms Magazine blog about the history of lifestyle journalism that highlights Marie Sauer (pictured above), Colleen “Koky” Dishon and Anne Rowe.
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Tampa Bay History Journal Article: Anne Rowe
The article that Lance & I wrote for the Tampa Bay History Journal is out. In the article, we explain the role of women’s page journalist Anne Rowe and how she transformed her section to a more progressive one.
- Anne Rowe, Beverley Morales, Edee Greene, Florida history, Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, Gloria Biggs, Janet Chusmir, Marie Anderson
Importance of Women & Regional History
I am in the middle of reviewing Eileen M. Wirth’s book From Society Page to Front Page: Nebraska Women in Journalism for an Iowa history journal. It is an important book and I enjoyed her closing messages: “I had no idea how many women of achievement in journalism and other fields have been overlooked even in state and regional histories where they might be expected to appear.” (p 163) Further, she wrote “We cannot understand the history of women in the United States unless we consider local and regional dimensions because family obligations have limited the geographic and career mobility of the vast majority of American women.” (pg 164) Her…
