Janet Chusmir
- Anne Rowe, Beverley Morales, Edee Greene, Florida history, Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, Gloria Biggs, Janet Chusmir, Marie Anderson
Importance of Women & Regional History
I am in the middle of reviewing Eileen M. Wirth’s book From Society Page to Front Page: Nebraska Women in Journalism for an Iowa history journal. It is an important book and I enjoyed her closing messages: “I had no idea how many women of achievement in journalism and other fields have been overlooked even in state and regional histories where they might be expected to appear.” (p 163) Further, she wrote “We cannot understand the history of women in the United States unless we consider local and regional dimensions because family obligations have limited the geographic and career mobility of the vast majority of American women.” (pg 164) Her…
- Florida Women's Pages, Janet Chusmir, journalism history, Miami Herald, women's history month, women's page history
Women’s History Month: Janet Chusmir
Day 31 of Women’s History Month features the Miami Herald’s Janet Chusmir. She went from women’s page editor to executive editor. For years, women in newspaper management had few role models. If they were mentored it was by a man. Many of these managers were hard-hitting, tough-talking men. Those first female leaders rarely had families – there was no career path. Then came Janet Chusmir. She was the exception. After earning a journalism degree and raising a family, she entered the workforce. After a few years as a reporter, she rose through the ranks to become the executive editor of the Miami Herald. She achieved success before dying suddenly of…
You May Also Like
Writing Women into the Curriculum
-
Women’s Page Editor Margaret Miller
I was pleased to get a lovely email yesterday and to learn about women’s page journalist Margaret Miller. She was an Associated Press reporter from 1944 to 1952 before taking time off to raise her children. She returned to newspapering in Detroit in 1967 as the editor of the women’s section – that would then be called “Suburban Life.” Here is a great column about Margaret and her influence. I liked this: “Margaret was a pragmatist, but one who was skillful in moving business forward whether it be in the day-to-day tasks of getting out the newspaper or in edging forward women’s equality in the workplace.” I also liked the…
-
Janet Chusmir publication
I just got the news that my article about Miami Herald editor Janet Chusmir(who began her career as a women’s page journalist) is going to be published. “You Can’t Hug a Newspaper”: Janet Chusmir and the Miami Herald,” will be published this month in the FCH Annals: Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians, February 2012. I also learned that the article is a finalist for the Thomas M. Campbell prize for best article. I am also working on an article about Janet and her role as a “first” in female newspaper management.
You May Also Like
Writing Women into the Curriculum
-
AEJMC: Commission on the Status of Women paper
Lance and I learned that our paper, “A False Start, a Heavy Burden and Hugs: A Study of the Female “Firsts” in Newspaper Management” has been accept by the Commission on the Status of Women of AEJMC. We looked at the careers of three women: Gloria Biggs as the first female publisher of her non-family owned newspaper in 1973, Carol Sutton as managing editor of a major metropolitan newspaper in 1974 and Janet Chusmir as executive editor of a major metropolitan newspaper in 1987. Their stories are important to understand how progress was made and how it was slowed. It also provides perspectives about the different paths to newspaper management…
-
AEJMC: Commission on the Status of Women paper
Lance and I learned that our paper, “A False Start, a Heavy Burden and Hugs: A Study of the Female “Firsts” in Newspaper Management” has been accept by the Commission on the Status of Women of AEJMC. We looked at the careers of three women: Gloria Biggs as the first female publisher of her non-family owned newspaper in 1973, Carol Sutton as managing editor of a major metropolitan newspaper in 1974 and Janet Chusmir as executive editor of a major metropolitan newspaper in 1987. Their stories are important to understand how progress was made and how it was slowed. It also provides perspectives about the different paths to newspaper management…
