Clarice Rowlands
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Culinary Historians of Chicago Talk
I enjoyed my talk at the Culinary Historians of Chicago: Midwestern Newspaper Food Editors: Ruth Ellen Church, Clarice Rowlands & Peggy Daum.
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Talk at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
I had a great time at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel about the Milwaukee women’s page journalists and the food editors from my book, The Food Section.
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Midwestern Newspaper Food Editors: Ruth Ellen Church/Clarice Rowlands/Peggy Daum
Caption: Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church On May 17th, I will be talking about three food editors from my book, The Food Section, at the Chicago Foodways Roundtable. This is the talk: Midwestern Newspaper Food Editors: Ruth Ellen Church/Clarice Rowlands/Peggy Daum Here is the description:This talk is the story of three significant Midwestern food editors from the 1950s and 1960s. Ruth Ellen Church joined the Chicago Tribune as cooking editor in 1936 and oversaw one of the first test kitchens at a newspaper. She published many cookbooks—several under the pen name of Mary Meade. She remained the food editor until 1974 and became the nation’s first newspaper wine…
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Women’s History Month: Clarice Rowlands
Day five of Women’s History Month features Clarice Rowlands. Clarice Rowlands was the food editor of the Milwaukee Journal in the 1950s – an interest that she said started when she was a member of the 4-H Club in high school. A 1936 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, she was a society reporter at a Green Bay newspaper from 1937 until 1943 and then joined the Journal. She said she was often asked the question that tends to irritate many food writers: “Does she cook?” Many of these women found that the question undermined their roles as journalists. Rowlands’ response to the question was: “No, I am a reporter…
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Top Food Editors: Day 18 & Clarice Rowlands
Day 18 of Top Food Editors features Clarice Rowlands. Clarice Rowlands was the food editor of the Milwaukee Journal in the 1950s – an interest that she said started when she was a member of the 4-H Club in high school. A 1936 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, she was a society reporter at a Green Bay newspaper from 1937 until 1943 and then joined the Journal. She occasionally wrote under the pen name Alice Richards. She was married to fellow Journal employee Charles Nevada. She said she was often asked the question that tends to irritate many food writers: “Does she cook?” Many of these women found that…
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Women’s History Month: Clarice Rowlands
For day 22 of Women’s History Month, I am featuring another Milwaukee Journal’s women’s page journalist – food writer Clarice Rowlands. After a search for her work, I found a brief profile of Rowlands. She was a native of Cambria, Wisconsin. She earned a degree in journalism in 1936 from the University of Wisconsin. She worked at the Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1937 to 1943. In June 1944, she joined the women’s pages as a general assignment reporter and later worked on the society desk. She eventually made her way to the food section. She was married to Charles Nevada, who worked in the promotions department of the Milwaukee Journal.…
