journalism history
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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.
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Anne Rowe Goldman reference
I just received Dr. Kenney’s thesis. It includes great information about St. Petersburg women’s page editor Anne Rowe Goldman. The thesis includes information about Anne’s post women’s page experiences. I am working on a paper about Anne that I will be presenting next month.
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Pants research
This morning I am working on a paper about the debate over women wearing pants. This debate was about more than fashion as pants symbolized the change in women’s roles in society and the fear over that change. I have collected New York Times articles about women wearing pants as I look for themes in that coverage. Some of the articles are in the women’s pages but the story also reached the news sections. In the article above, a judge is critical of a woman who wore pants to traffic court. This paper is part of my research agenda that looks at the four Fs of the women’s pages: family,…
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Pants research
This morning I am working on a paper about the debate over women wearing pants. This debate was about more than fashion as pants symbolized the change in women’s roles in society and the fear over that change. I have collected New York Times articles about women wearing pants as I look for themes in that coverage. Some of the articles are in the women’s pages but the story also reached the news sections. In the article above, a judge is critical of a woman who wore pants to traffic court. This paper is part of my research agenda that looks at the four Fs of the women’s pages: family,…
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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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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.
