Edee Greene
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Women’s March for Equality Anniversary
Gail Collins has a great column in the New York Times today about the upcoming anniversary of the Women’s March for Equality. (It’s on August 26.) Most women’s page editors had mixed feelings about demonstrations but they all believed in equality for women. The Fort Lauderdale News’ women’s page editor Edee Greene and her staff took a symbolic stand on August 26, 1970. In a letter to Penney-Missouri Award Director Paul Myhre, Edee mentioned that they all wore pants to work that day in support of equality.
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Women’s March for Equality Anniversary
Gail Collins has a great column in the New York Times today about the upcoming anniversary of the Women’s March for Equality. (It’s on August 26.) Most women’s page editors had mixed feelings about demonstrations but they all believed in equality for women. The Fort Lauderdale News’ women’s page editor Edee Greene and her staff took a symbolic stand on August 26, 1970. In a letter to Penney-Missouri Award Director Paul Myhre, Edee mentioned that they all wore pants to work that day in support of equality.
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Great new image from the Penney-Missouri Award workshop
Yesterday, I received a copy of this image. (It can be found in the papers of the Penney-Missouri Awards at the University of Missouri’s Western Historical Manuscript Collection.) In this photo, taken at a Penney-Missouri Awards’ workshop, are three award-winning women’s page editors: Sandra Wesley, Betty Preston and Edee Greene. One of the strengths of the award program was the workshops that allowed winners to share their secrets for success. I presented a paper about Edee Greene, the women’s page editor at Fort Lauderdale News, last year. She was a fascinating person – a caring friend, a community advocate and a funny writer. I am working on a revision on…
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Great new image from the Penney-Missouri Award workshop
Yesterday, I received a copy of this image. (It can be found in the papers of the Penney-Missouri Awards at the University of Missouri’s Western Historical Manuscript Collection.) In this photo, taken at a Penney-Missouri Awards’ workshop, are three award-winning women’s page editors: Sandra Wesley, Betty Preston and Edee Greene. One of the strengths of the award program was the workshops that allowed winners to share their secrets for success. I presented a paper about Edee Greene, the women’s page editor at Fort Lauderdale News, last year. She was a fascinating person – a caring friend, a community advocate and a funny writer. I am working on a revision on…
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New Edee Greene image
Yesterday I received this great image of Edee Greene from the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri. It can be found in the papers of the Penney-Missouri Awards. Edee was a groundbreaking women’s page editor of the Fort Lauderdale News in the 1960s. She had a popular humor column and won several Penney-Missouri Awards. She was a leader in establishing a women’s domestic violence center in her community in the early 1970s – the center still exists today. I have an article about her coming out in 2011 based on a conference presentation. The image was discovered by the archivist who is organizing the papers after I…
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New Edee Greene image
Yesterday I received this great image of Edee Greene from the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri. It can be found in the papers of the Penney-Missouri Awards. Edee was a groundbreaking women’s page editor of the Fort Lauderdale News in the 1960s. She had a popular humor column and won several Penney-Missouri Awards. She was a leader in establishing a women’s domestic violence center in her community in the early 1970s – the center still exists today. I have an article about her coming out in 2011 based on a conference presentation. The image was discovered by the archivist who is organizing the papers after I…
