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- Aileen Ryan, Constance Daniell, Dorothy Dawe, food journalism, furnishings, Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Press Club, Peggy Daum
Our American Journalism Article Officially Out
The article Lance & I wrote about the women’s pages of the Milwaukee Journal has been published. It was great to tell the stories of so many important women – including Peggy Daum, Aileen Ryan and Clarice Rowlands.
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Women’s History Month: Lois Hagen
Day 21 of Women’s History Month features Milwaukee Journal furnishing reporter Lois Hagen. According to this article: Lois was born in Westby, Wisconsin in 1918. She earned a journalism degree at UW-Madison – at a time when it was unusual for a woman to do something other than earn a teaching certificate. Initially, Lois worked as a journalist at Time and the Associated Press. She spent the bulk of her career in the women’s pages of the Milwaukee Journal. She set new standards for women at the newspaper, being the first mother to return to the Journal after having a child. She traveled extensively covering furnishings and she won a…
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Talking to Chairs & Furnishing Writers
With all the mocking of Clint Eastwood talking to a chair at the RNC, I kept thinking how much fun the furnishing writers of the women’s pages would have had. (Furnishings is one of the 4 Fs associated with the women’s pages.) Three of the furnishing writers I am researching are Dorothy Dawe and Lois Hagen from the Milwaukee Journal, and Jo Werne from the Miami Herald. If I were talk to a chair, this would be the kind I would choose.
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Evaluating the Role of the Four Fs
Journalism history largely defines most of the content of the women’s pages as the four Fs: family, fashion, food and furnishings. Yet, my research has shown that these Fs were not treated equally. Most metro women’s pages had a fashion editor and a food editor. Some newspapers had a reporter devoted to the furnishings beat – but this topic might be covered in a real estate section instead of the women’s pages. For example, the above 1953 in-house ad for the Milwaukee Journal shows that former women’s page reporter Lois Hagen was now covering furnishings for the home section. I have yet to find a newspaper with a family editor.…
