Florida Women's Pages
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Interview with Larry Jinks
Yesterday, I interviewed former Miami Herald Executive Editor Larry Jinks about Janet Chusmir – who went on to become the first woman to head the newspaper. He was good friends with Janet and was very helpful in providing information about Janet’s career and rise through newspaper management. I appreciate his time. Janet was unique for a woman in journalism in many ways. First, she took a non-traditional career path by spending many years as a homemaker raising two children before becoming a journalist. Second, she went from a women’s page editor to a successful executive editor. I am writing a conference paper about Janet’s career.
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Women’s March for Equality Anniversary
Gail Collins has a great column in the New York Times today about the upcoming anniversary of the Women’s March for Equality. (It’s on August 26.) Most women’s page editors had mixed feelings about demonstrations but they all believed in equality for women. The Fort Lauderdale News’ women’s page editor Edee Greene and her staff took a symbolic stand on August 26, 1970. In a letter to Penney-Missouri Award Director Paul Myhre, Edee mentioned that they all wore pants to work that day in support of equality.
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Women’s March for Equality Anniversary
Gail Collins has a great column in the New York Times today about the upcoming anniversary of the Women’s March for Equality. (It’s on August 26.) Most women’s page editors had mixed feelings about demonstrations but they all believed in equality for women. The Fort Lauderdale News’ women’s page editor Edee Greene and her staff took a symbolic stand on August 26, 1970. In a letter to Penney-Missouri Award Director Paul Myhre, Edee mentioned that they all wore pants to work that day in support of equality.
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New Jo Werne images
The wonderful folks at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri just posted these images of Jo Werne. Jo, who died last week, was a longtime reporter at the Miami Herald. She spent many of those years in the women’s pages. I was sad to learn of her death so I wanted to share these images in celebration of her career. The great women journalists of south Florida are so intertwined – I find connections on a regular basis. Late summer, I found a note from Jo to Helen Muir (a Miami journalist and library advocate) in Helen’s papers at the University of Miami. The September 29,…
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New Jo Werne images
The wonderful folks at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri just posted these images of Jo Werne. Jo, who died last week, was a longtime reporter at the Miami Herald. She spent many of those years in the women’s pages. I was sad to learn of her death so I wanted to share these images in celebration of her career. The great women journalists of south Florida are so intertwined – I find connections on a regular basis. Late summer, I found a note from Jo to Helen Muir (a Miami journalist and library advocate) in Helen’s papers at the University of Miami. The September 29,…
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas
I was just assigned a book review of Everglades legend Marjory Stoneman Douglas – the book is called An Everglades Providence. In addition to her environmental work, Marjory wrote for the Miami Herald. She was friends with women’s page journalists Marie Anderson, Helen Muir and Dorothy Jurney. Below is some great video of Marjory. More attention needs to be paid to the work of garden clubs and the work they did in conservation – a common topic for the women’s pages.
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