journalism history
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Veterans History Project
I spent this week at a seminar on the Veterans History Project that UCF will be a part of in 2010-2011. There are several connections between veterans and women’s page editors. Women’s page editors Vivian Castleberry and Colleen “Koky” Dishon were married to WW II veterans. During WW II, future Nevada women’s page journalist Ruthe Deskin became the employee relations director at the Army Ordnance Depot near Herlong, California, about 70 miles north of Reno. She put out the organization’s newspaper and was authorized to administer oaths. In that position, she received “excellent” ratings from her supervisors and earned the Extra-Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. She was one of the few…
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Veterans History Project
I spent this week at a seminar on the Veterans History Project that UCF will be a part of in 2010-2011. There are several connections between veterans and women’s page editors. Women’s page editors Vivian Castleberry and Colleen “Koky” Dishon were married to WW II veterans. During WW II, future Nevada women’s page journalist Ruthe Deskin became the employee relations director at the Army Ordnance Depot near Herlong, California, about 70 miles north of Reno. She put out the organization’s newspaper and was authorized to administer oaths. In that position, she received “excellent” ratings from her supervisors and earned the Extra-Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. She was one of the few…
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Ann Hamman FOIA
I just received this Freedom of Information Act request on Indiana women’s page editor Ann Hamman. This document shows Hamman’s service in the WAAC was from April 29, 1943 to August 8, 1949. She was a first lieutenant and earned a World War II Victory Medal. I am working on an article about Hamman’s career.
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Ann Hamman FOIA
I just received this Freedom of Information Act request on Indiana women’s page editor Ann Hamman. This document shows Hamman’s service in the WAAC was from April 29, 1943 to August 8, 1949. She was a first lieutenant and earned a World War II Victory Medal. I am working on an article about Hamman’s career.
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Gardening
We spent this weekend working on our garden. Several of the women’s page editors were avid gardeners. We found lots of references to flower and vegetable gardens in the letters back and forth between Marjorie Paxson and Dorothy Jurney. One of my favorite photos of Marie Anderson show her in her Miami garden. These women also liked to cook and decorate. They embraced all of the fours Fs, along with more progressive, feminist content.
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Gardening
We spent this weekend working on our garden. Several of the women’s page editors were avid gardeners. We found lots of references to flower and vegetable gardens in the letters back and forth between Marjorie Paxson and Dorothy Jurney. One of my favorite photos of Marie Anderson show her in her Miami garden. These women also liked to cook and decorate. They embraced all of the fours Fs, along with more progressive, feminist content.
