journalism history
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Roberta Applegate article
I found this Miami Herald article written by women’s page journalist Roberta Applegate in the Nixon Presidential Library. Although the Herald typically had a strong women’s page, this story is just fluff. It must have been a disappointing assignment for Roberta who had a hard news background. (I wrote an article about Roberta in 2007.) I am looking through the Nixon finding guides for information about a White House Task Force about women hat included women’s page journalist Vera Glaser.
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Anne Rowe Goldman interviewed
I just came across this video of St. Pete’s women’s page editor Anne Rowe Goldman. It’s the first time I have heard her speak and seen an image of her husband, Sanford. Here is a link to a transcript of the interview. Here is a link to a story about their house – it was designed by Sanford Goldman. I am speaking with one of her daughters later today. I am working on an article about Anne for presentation next month.
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Anne Rowe Goldman interviewed
I just came across this video of St. Pete’s women’s page editor Anne Rowe Goldman. It’s the first time I have heard her speak and seen an image of her husband, Sanford. Here is a link to a transcript of the interview. Here is a link to a story about their house – it was designed by Sanford Goldman. I am speaking with one of her daughters later today. I am working on an article about Anne for presentation next month.
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New Bobbi McCallum images
Below are two images of Seattle women’s page journalist Bobbi McCallum that I just came across. They can be found in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer collection at the Museum of History & Industry. I love the image of her working at her desk. My article about Bobbi is coming out this Spring. Note that she has her reporter’s notebook in her hand while at the beach.
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Encyclopedia of the Sixties
Today I am writing three entries for the Encyclopedia of the Sixties, published by ABC-Clio. The entries are for “bra burnings,” the National Organization for Women (NOW) and Katherine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post – pictured above. The Washington Post, and Ben Bradlee, are credited with transitioning the women’s page into a style section. The truth is more complicated. For example, Carol Sutton had transformed her women’s section of the Louisville Courier-Journal a year prior to the Post.
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Florida ERA
The Fall 2009 issue of the Florida Historical Quarterly with my article about the media’s coverage of the ERA is now out. Here is a link to the issue. Here is a link to the actual article.
