journalism history
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Molly Ivins’ library
Here’s some information on Molly Ivins. We went through her papers last month at the University of Texas and found some great stuff. I am writing an article about Molly’s early years in Minnesota.
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Women’s Pages & The American Prospect article
Ann Friedman’s article the “Trouble with Double X” is now available on The American Prospect website. Ann interviewed me yesterday about how women’s pages compare to women-based websites. It’s a great article.
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New image of Florida Sen. Lori Wilson
Today I found this image of Florida Sen. Lori Wilson – she is sticking her tongue out at Gov. Bob Graham. It can be found in the Florida Memory Project. I am finishing revisions on an article about Sen. Wilson, her fight for the Equal Rights Amendment and the Florida media’s coverage of the issue. I focus on the coverage in the women’s pages and then the news sections. The manuscript is a revise and resubmit for a state history journal.
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Visiting the Bahamas and Joan Younger Dickinson
Lance and I just returned from a trip to the Bahamas. This photo was taken last Friday. Our visit to the Bahamas was a reminder of women’s page and women’s magazine journalist Joan Younger Dickinson. JYD worked for UPI for many years beginning during World War II. JYD visited the Bahamas to cover the arrival of the Duchess of Windsor – a worldwide news event. In December 1936, King Edward advocated the throne to marry Wallace Simpson. After marriage, the couple became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. After several years in France, the Duke was appointed the governor of the Bahamas during World War II. JYD was one of…
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Vera Glaser article posted
The article about Vera Glaser that I presented at the Winter AJHA-AEJMC Meeting has been posted to the Hall Institute of Public Policy website. Here is a link. I am working on a longer article about Vera’s work with Catherine East. The two were a powerful partnership for women in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I have gone through Vera’s papers at the University of Wyoming and through Catherine’s papers at Harvard.
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The Kentucky Derby & Koky Dishon & Carol Sutton
My women’s page journalists have at least two connections to the Kentucky Derby. The first relates to Jim Squires, pictured here, editor of the Chicago Tribune in the 1980s. He was Koky Dishon’s boss and gave her the freedom to redefine “soft news.” Jim retired from the newspaper to raise race horses and is a race horsing expert, including the Derby, for the Washington Post. Jim’s papers are at Vanderbilt University and include several letters between Jim and Koky. My article about Koky comes out soon in a regional history journal. The second connection is to Carol Sutton, women’s page editor and then managing editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. It…
