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Women’s History Month: Dorothy Jurney
Day two of Women’s History Month features Dorothy Jurney who was known as the godmother of the women’s pages. She is pictured above without glasses (The woman in the glasses is Marie Anderson – I will blog about her tomorrow.) Jurney was a groundbreaking women’s page editor who encouraged other editors to improve the content of their sections. Like Marjorie who I blogged about yesterday, Dorothy worked on the hard news side during World War II and as forced back to the women’s pages in peacetime. In 1950, she revolutionized the women’s pages of the Miami Herald and mentored Marie Anderson to take her place. Below are some resources about…
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Women’s History Month: Marjorie Paxson
In honor of March being Women’s History Month, I will be blogging, pinning and tweeting about a different women’s page editor each day. I thought the best place to start would be with Marjorie Paxson who helped found the National Women and Media Collection. She was a longtime women’s page journalist in Texas and Florida who became the fourth female publisher at Gannett. She worked on the hard news side during World War II and then returned to the women’s pages in peacetime. She worked at women’s pages in Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania. She was a good friend of Marie Anderson and Dorothy Jurney. Here is a link to the…
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Women’s Page Editors & Women’s History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month this year, I will be blogging each day about a different women’s page journalist. I will also be pinning to this Women’s Page History board and posting to Facebook. My posts will be short biographies of women who are often left out of journalism histories. Check back on March 1.
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Fiftieth Anniversary of The Feminine Mystique
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Feminine Mystique. The groundbreaking book was often reviewed in the women’s pages of newspapers rather than the book section. Some critics have noted that this was sexist. Yet, author Betty Friedan actually wanted her book reviewed by women’s page journalists. Lance and I learned this when we went through Friedan’s papers at the Schlesinger Library a few years ago.
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CJR Article About The Women’s Pages
I love this article from the Columbia Journalism Review about the women’s pages that was posted today. Here is a portion of it: “They were women talking to women, making issues relevant so that women were encouraged to speak out about them,” says Kimberly Voss, associate professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida. Voss maintains a blog devoted to Women’s Page history, which she describes as a “public history” project, a way to correct the idea that women’s pages were simply fluff. “They were doing good journalism, they were just wearing hats and white gloves because that’s what society required of them,” Voss continues. “It was really quite…
