Florida history
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Women’s History Month: Day 4 & Beverley Morales
Day 4 of Women’s History month features Beverley Brink Morales She grew up on a Montana ranch where she punched cattle, dehorned calves, and herded sheep. She graduated from Montana State University and was hired by a newspaper to cover snow ski competitions and prizefights. After some public relations positions, she was hired as a society reporter at the Mexico News in Mexico City. She married the newspaper’s sports editor, Hector Morales. The couple came to the U.S. in 1956 and ran a newspaper in North Dakota. In 1959, she became an assistant editor in the Miami Herald’s women’s section – the top women’s section in the country. Unlike many…
- Florida food, Florida history, Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, food editors, food journalism, Lowis Carlton
Women’s History Month: Food Editor Lowis Carlton
Day Two post for Women’s History Month features Florida women’s page journalist Lowis Carlton. She was the food editor at the Miami Herald in the 1970s. This image is from her tenure at the Herald – Lowis Carlton. She had a background in both journalism and home economics. She also wrote several Florida cookbooks. I am including her in the book I am writing about Miami food history.
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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.
- Billie O'Day, Florida Conference of Historians, Florida history, Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages
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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Upcoming Tustenegee Article
I was happy to learn on Friday that my article about Palm Beach women’s page editor Kathryn Robinette has been accepted for publication by the Tustenegee journal.
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Miami Herald food editor Lowis Carlton
Love this image of food editor at the Miami Herald – Lowis Carlton. She had a background in both journalism and home economics. She also wrote several Florida cookbooks.
