journalism history
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Women’s Page Editor Jane Clark
Yesterday, I came across the obituary of Jane Clark who was a St. Louis women’s page editor. According to her obit: “She joined the staff of the Globe-Democrat as a feature writer in 1959 and later that year was named women’s editor for that St. Louis newspaper. Her responsibilities included the development of a women’s section for both the daily and weekend editions as well as supervising coverage of semiannual fashion shows, the annual Women of Achievement Award Luncheon and other specialevents and topics of interest to women. During that time, she won numerous awards from state and national organizations for her feature-writing. She was named an instructor in the…
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The United States of Arugula
I have been reading the book, The United States of Arugula, which is about the Food Revolution. Chapter three of this book, The Food Establishment, Part I, addresses the usual suspects in food history – James Beard, Craig Claiborne and Julia Child. Yet, it also includes names that are often forgotten in the story of food journalism: Jane Nickerson, who was the food editor prior to Caliborne at the New York Times, and Cecily Brownstone of the Associated Press. This information will be a great addition to my work on food journalism in the women’s pages of newspapers.
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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The United States of Arugula
I have been reading the book, The United States of Arugula, which is about the Food Revolution. Chapter three of this book, The Food Establishment, Part I, addresses the usual suspects in food history – James Beard, Craig Claiborne and Julia Child. Yet, it also includes names that are often forgotten in the story of food journalism: Jane Nickerson, who was the food editor prior to Caliborne at the New York Times, and Cecily Brownstone of the Associated Press. This information will be a great addition to my work on food journalism in the women’s pages of newspapers.
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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Newsweek 1960: Working mothers?
The current issue of Newsweek features this March 1960 cover asking about the role of educated mothers and their place n society. This was published three years before Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique asked that question. It is yet another example of how numerous elements that were taking place in the 1960s in terms of creating a foundation for the women’s liberation movement. It is worth noting that several women’s pages editors and journalists were mothers who experienced the difficulties of raising children while working outside the home. Some examples are: Eleanor Hart and Jeanne Voltz at the Miami Herald, Lois Hagen and Constance Daniell at the Milwaukee Journal, Vivian…
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Newsweek 1960: Working mothers?
The current issue of Newsweek features this March 1960 cover asking about the role of educated mothers and their place n society. This was published three years before Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique asked that question. It is yet another example of how numerous elements that were taking place in the 1960s in terms of creating a foundation for the women’s liberation movement. It is worth noting that several women’s pages editors and journalists were mothers who experienced the difficulties of raising children while working outside the home. Some examples are: Eleanor Hart and Jeanne Voltz at the Miami Herald, Lois Hagen and Constance Daniell at the Milwaukee Journal, Vivian…
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Marjorie Paxson & Three Mile Island
The coverage of the potential nuclear disaster in Japan reminded me of Marjorie Paxson’s coverage of Three Mile Island. A longtime women’s page editor, Paxson became the fourth female publisher of a Gannett newspaper. She became the publisher of the Public Opinion. This is her memory of covering Three Mile Island: “Chambersburg is about fifty-five miles south of Harrisburg. And of course, Three Mile Island nuclear plant is just outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. We found out about it the morning of March 28, 1979. Of course, it moved on the wires and the managing editor — who was a woman, by the way — was in to see me immediately…
