Florida Women's Pages
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Lance and I went to Brevard County yesterday to clean up the beach in an effort to help save the sea turtles. One of the most significant women in Florida conservation was Marjory Stoneman Douglas who helped save the Everglades. Marjory was good friends with many of the Florida’s women’s page editors. Here she is with several of them, including Marie Anderson and Dorothy Jurney. (Marjory is the one wearing the hat.)
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Marie Anderson’s mother II
I just received the book Celebrating Florida’s First 150 Women Lawyers in the mail. (My thanks to the folks at Stetson University for the suggestion.) It shows that Miami Herald women’s page editor Marie Anderson’s mother (who shared the same name) earned a law degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1914. The photo with her biography (pg 9) looks very much like her daughter who is shown above.
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Women’s Page Editors on the Radio
In the book, The Encyclopedia of Women in Radio, 1920-1960, I was able to confirm that Billie O’Day was on the air at station WIOD in Miami from 1951-1955. She was at Miami radio station WCKR in Miami in 1957. (She went on to be a Penney-Missouri Award-winning editor at the Miami News.) Fort Lauderdale News editor Edee Greene was an on-the-air talent at the St. Pete’s WSUN in 1932. (The call letters stand for: Why Stay Up North?) I am looking into her career right now.
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More on Sandra Wesley
Today I got a great email from Sandra Wesley. She shared many great stories about the Florida women’s page editors. I really appreciate her memories that confirmed much of my research. This letter that Sandy wrote to Penney-Missouri Awards Director Paul Myhre. It can be found in the Penney-Missouri Papers at the WHMC.
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Edee Greene’s Ah Men Column
Yea! I just tracked down Edee Greene’s daughter. I plan to speak to her after the holidays. I also plan to collect copies of Edee’s Ah Men columns like the one shown above.
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Dorothy Clifford
Tallahassee Democrat women’s page editor Dorothy Clifford is in this photo. It was taken at a 1981 reunion of journalists. It can be found in the Florida Photographic Collection. Dorothy won a Penney-Missouri Award in 1960. I interviewed Dorothy last year and hope to speak with her again soon. Here is a letter Dorothy wrote to Paul Myhre, the director of the Penney-Missouri Awards. It can be found in the Penney-Missouri Papers at WHMC.
