This week as part of women’s history month, I will be blogging about the role of feminism and the women’s pages. It is a complicated relationship. The women’s pages were a place for strong female voices – some of whom were outspoken supporters of the Women’s Liberation Movement and others who were not self described “feminists” but believers in the same causes. The difficult part for many of these women is that leaders such as Gloria Steinem lobbied for the demise of the sections. Publishers did eliminate the sections and many women’s page editors lost their jobs. This happened to Marjorie Paxson twice. Steinem later reversed herself in terms of…

This week as part of women’s history month, I will be blogging about the role of feminism and the women’s pages. It is a complicated relationship. The women’s pages were a place for strong female voices – some of whom were outspoken supporters of the Women’s Liberation Movement and others who were not self described “feminists” but believers in the same causes. The difficult part for many of these women is that leaders such as Gloria Steinem lobbied for the demise of the sections. Publishers did eliminate the sections and many women’s page editors lost their jobs. This happened to Marjorie Paxson twice. Steinem later reversed herself in terms of…