Helen Muir
- Dorothy Jurney, Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, Helen Muir, Marie Anderson, Miami food, Miami Herald
Miami Food & Helen Muir’s Tea Parties
In writing the Miami food book, I am including a section on Helen Muir’s famous tea parties. She was a writer for the women’s section of the Miami News and the Miami Herald and she also was a book editor. Women’s page journalists Marie Anderson and Dorothy Jurney are included in this photo.
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Florida Conference of Historians: Helen Muir
FCH.Miami Maven Helen Muir. 2015 from Kimberly Voss Today’s presentation at the Florida Conference of Historians is about Miami journalist Helen Muir.
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- Dorothy Jurney, Florida history, Florida newspapers, Helen Muir, Marie Anderson, Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Helen Muir’s Miami Tea Parties
I am working on one of my papers for the 2015 Florida Conference of Historians that I will be presenting next month in Lakeland. It’s called “Miami Maven Helen Muir: Writer, Historian, Advocate & Tea Party Host.” I went through Muir’s papers at the University of Miami a few years ago. Muir held annual tea parties for her friends who sometimes came from across the country to reunite. In this photo are women’s page journalists Marie Anderson and Dorothy Jurney.
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Libraries are Trendy
NPR had this interesting story about libraries becoming trendy. The growth of libraries was largely based on women’s clubs who raised funds and awareness – an acceptable form of activism. These clubs were heavily covered in the women’s pages. In Miami, Helen Muir was both a women’s page reporter and an advocate for libraries. I have gone through Helen’s papers at the University of Miami and plan to look at the intersection of women’s pages and cultural institutions like libraries. Women’s pages helped to create the foundation of many communities.
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Libraries are Trendy
NPR had this interesting story about libraries becoming trendy. The growth of libraries was largely based on women’s clubs who raised funds and awareness – an acceptable form of activism. These clubs were heavily covered in the women’s pages. In Miami, Helen Muir was both a women’s page reporter and an advocate for libraries. I have gone through Helen’s papers at the University of Miami and plan to look at the intersection of women’s pages and cultural institutions like libraries. Women’s pages helped to create the foundation of many communities.
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Helen Muir clip
Helen Muir was a Miami women’s page journalist and a library activist. She was a good friend of fellow women’s page journalists Dorothy Jurney and Jeanne Voltz. I have gone through her papers at the University of Miami. Below is a clip of Helen from a PBS program.
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