Florida Women's Pages
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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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Writing Women into the Curriculum
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Death of Jo Werne
I was so sad to hear of the death of longtime Miami Herald reporter Jo Werne. She died earlier this week. Here is her obituary. (I always noticed her byline since my middle name is Jo.) Jo often covered furnishing – one of the four Fs of the women’s pages. Yet, in 1972, she won a Penney-Missouri Award for fashion. Here is what I learned about her from the Penney-Missouri Papers at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri:Werne combined her hobby with her work and it led to the 1972 Penney-Missouri Award for fashion writing. A reporter on numerous beats, she had been sewing for years.…
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Food Editor Katie Carlson – “Martha Stewart before there was Martha Stewart”
I came across the story of Katie Carlson yesterday while researching the history of the Association of Food Journalists, Inc., (formerly the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association, Inc.). Katie was an officer in the organization in the 1970s. Carlson started as food editor of the Daytona Beach News-Journal in 1971 and was promoted to women’s editor in 1977.Her food pages won first place in the national Vesta awards competition for three consecutive years starting in 1973. I loved this quote from her obituary: “She was Martha Stewart before there was Martha Stewart,” said Carlson’s daughter, Susan Wright of Ormond Beach.” I am planning on writing more about these food…
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Food Editor Katie Carlson – “Martha Stewart before there was Martha Stewart”
I came across the story of Katie Carlson yesterday while researching the history of the Association of Food Journalists, Inc., (formerly the Newspaper Food Editors and Writers Association, Inc.). Katie was an officer in the organization in the 1970s. Carlson started as food editor of the Daytona Beach News-Journal in 1971 and was promoted to women’s editor in 1977.Her food pages won first place in the national Vesta awards competition for three consecutive years starting in 1973. I loved this quote from her obituary: “She was Martha Stewart before there was Martha Stewart,” said Carlson’s daughter, Susan Wright of Ormond Beach.” I am planning on writing more about these food…
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Dorothy Jurney article published
We’re off to vacation in St. Pete Beach and celebrate Mother’s Day. Dick Meisner, the brother of legendary women’s page editor Dorothy Jurney, was a mayor of St. Pete Beach in the 1970s. There is a bridge named for Meisner in St. Pete. My article about Dorothy Jurney came out this month in the journal Journalism History.
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Dorothy Jurney article published
We’re off to vacation in St. Pete Beach and celebrate Mother’s Day. Dick Meisner, the brother of legendary women’s page editor Dorothy Jurney, was a mayor of St. Pete Beach in the 1970s. There is a bridge named for Meisner in St. Pete. My article about Dorothy Jurney came out this month in the journal Journalism History.
