journalism history
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars
I appreciate the mention of my women’s page book.
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The Women’s Page Book is Out!
It was great to receive a box of my new books about the women’s pages and the women’s page editors.
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New Cover for Women’s Pages Book
My book cover is ready for my upcoming book Re-Evaluating Women’s Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era: Celebrating Soft News. It comes out in October.
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Cover for Women’s Pages Books
Considering these two options for the cover of my upcoming book about the women’s pages. In it I explore the important women who oversaw these sections in the 1950s & 1960s, as well as the significant content of these sections.
- Dorothy Jurney, Jim Bellows, journalism history, lifestyle journalism, women's history, women's page history
Jim Bellows Letter to Dorothy Jurney
Happy to come across this letter from legendary editor Jim Bellows (and husband to Maggie Savoy) to Dorothy Jurney about her work for progress for women in journalism – which was included in my most recent book, Women Politicking Politely.
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Chicago Tribune Society Writer Eleanor Page
I came across a new women’s page figure for my upcoming book: society reporter Eleanor Page. According to her obituary: “At the height of American society reporting after World War II, Mrs. Voysey, who always wrote under her maiden name Eleanor Page, helped establish the criteria that set members of Chicago’s elite apart from those in other cities. She contended one could be admitted into New York society by having money; in the South, with an important family name. In Chicago, she later wrote, only charity work had the power to allow someone to know everyone and go everywhere.” In the book, Re-Evaluating Women’s Page Journalism in the Post-World War…