Florida Conference of Historians
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New MSD & Department Store Image
I came across this great image of Marjory Stoneman Douglas (she started her career in the women’s pages) in 1947 in a Miami department store. I will be using it in my talk at the Florida Conference of Historians later in the month.
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Florida Women’s Press Club
Working on my presentation about the history of the Florida Women’s Press Club – which later became the Florida Press Club. I will be presenting at the end of the month at the Florida Conference of Historians.
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New MSD & Department Store Image
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Women’s History Month: Day 11 & Billie O’Day
Today I presented a paper about women’s page editor Billie O’Day at the Florida Conference of Historians. I have long been interested in the story of Billie O’Day. I first learned of her as a winner of two Penney-Missouri Awards (the top recognition for women’s pages) for her work in the women’s pages of the Miami News in the 1960s. I also knew that she had quite a career in music and radio. Billie Corinne Womack (O’Day was her radio name that she began using as her own name) was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1919. As a child she both played football and musical instruments. She earned an…
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Billie O’Day as Symphony Conductor
I was happy to find this reference to Billie O’Day as a symphony conductor. Her daytime job was the women’s page editor at the Miami News. I am speaking about O’Day at the upcoming Florida Conference of Historians.
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FCH Talk about Billie O’Day
The Florida Conference of Historian program is out. I am happy to be speaking about Miami News women’s page editor Billie O’Day. This is from her obituary: “Summing herself up in her notes, Billie O’Day wrote: “I believed Anita Hill. My favorite TV shows are ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Brooklyn Bridge,’ ‘Murder She Wrote,’ ‘The Civil War,’ and any other documentary by Ken Burns.“I watch CNN and C-Span. I go to lunch every day with my next-door neighbor, a Juilliard grad and a terrific vocalist and pianist. I don’t go out at night.’’
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Florida Conference of Historian Acceptance
I am excited to get to speak about Miami News women’s page editor Billie O’Day at the 2017 Florida Conferences of Historians. I have been speaking about Florida women’s page editors and food editors at this conference since 2009.
