In honor of my son’s current favorite animal, I am posting a photo of Miami Herald women’s page editor Marie Anderson and Detroit Free-Press women’s page editor Dorothy Jurney riding an elephant. In was taken on November 17, 1969 in Cambodia. The two women often traveled together both across the country and internationally. The image can be found in the papers of Marie Anderson in the National Women and Media Collection which has been (sadly) moved to the Missouri Historical Society.

I came across this letter from Fort Lauderdale News women’s page editor Edee Greene to Penney-Missouri Award Director Paul Myhre and his wife Mary. Over the years the three became good friends, as noted in the tone of the letter. In this letter Edee mentions having lunch with Beverley Morales who was pregnant with Maria at the time. I am working on a paper about Beverley right now. Her long career has taken some time to document. My article about Edee is currently under review at a journal. She was the funniest of the women’s page editors. Her letters are as funny as her columns were.

I came across this letter from Fort Lauderdale News women’s page editor Edee Greene to Penney-Missouri Award Director Paul Myhre and his wife Mary. Over the years the three became good friends, as noted in the tone of the letter. In this letter Edee mentions having lunch with Beverley Morales who was pregnant with Maria at the time. I am working on a paper about Beverley right now. Her long career has taken some time to document. My article about Edee is currently under review at a journal. She was the funniest of the women’s page editors. Her letters are as funny as her columns were.

I recently received a new file of letters from Florida women’s page editor Gloria Biggs during the 1970s and 1980s. They are at the Mudd Manuscript Library at Princeton University. Most of the letters were back and forth between Biggs and George Beebe about her work with the World Press Freedom Committee. My favorite part of the file was a handwritten note from Biggs on a February 9, 1978 letter. She wrote: “P.S. I know you’re as delighted as I am about Marj Paxson’s promotion to publisher.” Marjorie Paxson was a Florida women’s page editor who became the fourth female publisher in the Gannett newspaper chain. Biggs had been the…