Florida Women's Pages
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Women’s Page Editor Dorothy Clifford Has Died
I was sad to read the news that Tallahassee Democrat women’s page editor Dorothy Clifford has died. I am happy that I had the opportunity to interview her several years ago. This is the wonderful material from her obituary:“Dorothy Clifford, doyenne of the Tallahassee Democrat newsroom and arbiter of the Tallahassee social scene for more than 40 years, died Sunday morning.” and “For decades, Clifford was the newspaper’s social historian. Most famously, she wrote the Democrat’s weekly “Capital Scene” column — a round-up of parties, gatherings and events laden with bold-faced names of those who attended. Though the term society column might make some wince — including Clifford — it…
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Book Talk at the Orange County Library
I had a great time talking about The Food Section at the downtown Orange County Library today. It was great to focus on the Florida food editors.
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Pushing for Parity at Excellence in Journalism
I enjoyed talking about the need for more women in newspaper management at the Pushing for Parity session in Nashville for the Excellence In Journalism conference. I spoke about my research on three female “firsts” in newspaper management: Gloria Biggs, Carol Sutton and Janet Chusmir. All three of the women started in the women’s pages of their newspapers. Here is a good story about the panel.
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Central Florida Food Editors Talk
I am looking forward to talking about The Food Section and signing some books at the Orlando Library later this month.
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Edee Greene Article in Tequesta
I am excited to announce that my article about Fort Lauderdale women’s page editor Edee Greene is finally out in Tequesta. She is one of my favorite Florida editors. She made a big difference for women and had lots of fun doing it. I will be speaking about her at several Florida history events this fall.
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Florida Women’s Page Journalism Publications
I was inspired to put together a list of my publications about Florida women’s page journalists from the 1950’s and 1960’s after re-reading the book Orange Journalism which overlooked Florida women’s pages. The photo above is of the women’s page department of the Miami Herald in the 1950’s. It includes Marie Anderson, Robert Applegate and Dorothy Jurney.
