Eleni Epstein
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Meeting Helen Thomas
Tomorrow, we’re going to meet legendary journalist Helen Thomas at a book signing. (This image is of Helen from 1976.) Helen was a good friend of one of the woman I study – Eleni Epstein. In fact, Eleni is mentioned in Helen’s autobiography. They were both working in Washington together in the 1950s through 1970s. Helen was a political reporter and Eleni was a fashion editor at the Washington Star. Today I am working on revisions of my Eleni manuscript so I can give a copy to Helen. I have collected materials about Eleni from numerous archives.
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Meeting Helen Thomas
Tomorrow, we’re going to meet legendary journalist Helen Thomas at a book signing. (This image is of Helen from 1976.) Helen was a good friend of one of the woman I study – Eleni Epstein. In fact, Eleni is mentioned in Helen’s autobiography. They were both working in Washington together in the 1950s through 1970s. Helen was a political reporter and Eleni was a fashion editor at the Washington Star. Today I am working on revisions of my Eleni manuscript so I can give a copy to Helen. I have collected materials about Eleni from numerous archives.
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Research resolutions for 2010
In honor of New Year’s, here are my research resolutions for 2010• Get started on a book about Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. This is a follow up to my article about Vivian that ran in 2007 in Southwest Historical Quarterly. • Write an article about the friendship and activism of Catherine East and women’s page journalist Vera Glaser. I have gone through both of their papers – East at Harvard and Glaser at the University of Wyoming. I have lots of material and I need to start writing. • Finish revising articles about women’s page journalists Eleni Epstein and Betty Preston (that’s her in the photo above) and…
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Research resolutions for 2010
In honor of New Year’s, here are my research resolutions for 2010• Get started on a book about Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. This is a follow up to my article about Vivian that ran in 2007 in Southwest Historical Quarterly. • Write an article about the friendship and activism of Catherine East and women’s page journalist Vera Glaser. I have gone through both of their papers – East at Harvard and Glaser at the University of Wyoming. I have lots of material and I need to start writing. • Finish revising articles about women’s page journalists Eleni Epstein and Betty Preston (that’s her in the photo above) and…
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Bravo & the Four Fs
I spent the afternoon catching up on Bravo shows on TiVo: Top Chef and Project Runway. (I am pretending that Project Runway is not on Lifetime.) It’s one of the best parts of maternity leave – spending the afternoon with Curtis on the sofa. Much of Bravo’s programming revolves around the four Fs of the women’s pages: family, fashion, food and furnishings. If the women I study were around today, Eleni Epstein would be a great Project Runway judge. (That’s her in the photo above.) She was the longtime fashion editor at the Washington Star and a real personality – usually just going by “eleni.” Jeanne Voltz, food editor at…
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Eleni Epstein Archival Materials
