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Washington Food Editors & Pen Names
I am working on a history magazine article about three of the 1950s era food editors in Washington State who all wrote under pen names: Dorothy Dean (Spokesman-Review), Dorothy Neighbors (Seattle Times) and Prudence Penny (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). My goal is to tell the stories of the women behind the pen names. For example, this is Joan Conner McDonnell who wrote for the Dorothy Neighbors department. She raised eight children and went back to the newspaper each time. Her daughter Mimi said: “I am proud to say that my mother was a feminist before the phrase was coined, as well as after it was used as a pejorative label.” Another longtime…
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Food Editor Alice Partridge
Thanks to the Informal Association of Cookbook Collectors & Foodists, I learned about food editor Alice Partridge. Here is some information from her obituary beginning with her World War II experiences: “She came to Buffalo to work for the Associated Press and starting as assistant day editor, became night editor, swing editor for the correspondent and acting correspondent in charge of the bureau. She was always proud that she was the first woman to be in charge of an AP office anywhere in the U.S. “The scarcity of men in wartime gave women a foot in the door,” she once said. After her marriage to Charles Alden Partridge, a veteran…
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Great Column About The Food Section
I loved this wonderful article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about The Food Section. I also loved this image of Milwaukee Sentinel food editor Rosa Tusa.
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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Culinary Historians of Chicago Talk
I enjoyed my talk at the Culinary Historians of Chicago: Midwestern Newspaper Food Editors: Ruth Ellen Church, Clarice Rowlands & Peggy Daum.
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Review of The Food Section
I was pleased with this review of The Food Section in Publishers Weekly. Looking forward to speaking about the book in Milwaukee and Chicago this week.
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Orlando Talk about The Food Section
I had a great time speaking about Florida food editors last night. And we sold all the books that had been ordered!
