Florida Women's Pages
- Florida Women's Pages, Marjorie Paxson, National Women and Media Collection, women and journalism, women and news
Missouri Times: Marjorie Paxson Essay
My essay about women’s page editor turned publisher Marjorie Paxson has been published in Missouri Times. I was happy to give Paxson recognition after she was largely forgotten after her death in June.
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Researching Miami Herald Journalist Kay Murphy
I have been researching Miami women’s page journalist Kay Murphy. I found a scholarship is given in her name – as recently as 2017. Here is information about it:“Kay Murphy Price Scholarship: Kay Murphy Price was a Scripps alum who had a 33-year career as a feature writer with the Columbus Dispatch and Miami Herald. She was also an artist, winning awards for her poetry, and gourmet cooking, and dabbling with a paint brush. She established this scholarship for students with an interest in newspaper or magazine journalism.” Here is a link to one of her many stories about furnishings. Here is information about her from her Ohio alumni magazine:1930…
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2018 Florida Historical Society Meeting
The dates and location for the 2018 Florida Historical Society Meeting have been announced. I plan to speak about the women’s pages of the Miami Herald – including Marie Anderson, Dorothy Jurney, Jeanne Voltz, Marjorie Paxson and Eleanor Hart.
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Media Report To Women: Marjorie Paxson & the Lack of Institutional Memory
Women’s page editor turned publisher Marjorie Paxson was largely overlooked when she died in June. I am filling that void by writing about her life and the problem of a lack of institutional memory by publishing this essay in the summer issue of the Media Report To Women. Paxson was one of six women featured in my book, Women Politicking Politely.
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- Dorothy Chapman, Florida history, Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, Jeanne Voltz, Marie Anderson, Marjorie Paxson
Florida Council for History Education
I had a great time talking about Florida women’s page editors in Sarasota at the Florida Council for History Education. It was a full room with some great questions.
- Florida history, Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, Marjorie Paxson, Polly Paffilas, women's history
Talking About Florida Women’s Page Editors
I am looking forward to presenting “Pioneering Florida Women’s Page Journalists: Managing Conflict and Encouraging Compromise in Their Communities, 1950s and 1960s,” at the Florida Council for History Education conference in Sarasota. Mixed in with the advertisements in the 1950s and 1960s, there were several newspaper women’s pages that included stories that were part of the women’s movement’s platform – stories about domestic violence, the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion reform. These stories reached large audiences and impacted the work of other editors and women leaders. The circulations of the papers were high so the work of the women editors reached large segments of their own communities and sometimes beyond…
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