journalism history
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Talking About Mad Men
I had a great time in Winter Park yesterday talking about my Mad Men book at a Mad Men-themed event. Enjoyed talking about the important work that women did in the 1950s and 1960s, especially “well behaved women” like those in the women’s pages. Here is a nice blog post about the event.
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Reflecting Florida Book Talk
I had a great time at the Reflecting Florida event at the East End Market yesterday talking about Florida food editors and women’s page editors, such as Edee Greene of the Fort Lauderdale News.
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Akron Beacon Journal Food Editor Polly Paffilas’ Recipes
I am working on a new project about Ohio food editors from the 1950s and 1960s. One of my favorites is Polly Paffilas. Paffilas retired in 1987 after 45 years as a reporter, food writer, women’s pages editor and About Town columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal. She donated eighteen boxes of recipes on cards, arranged by ingredient or recipe type to the Akron Library. Includes approximately 5,000 recipes that appeared in the Beacon from 1959 until 1980. All recipes have been indexed and may be searched by name, ingredient and keywords. Although David Kamp referred to the food editors as “Jell-O abusing,” there was only recipe using Jell-O in…
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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When Private Talk Goes Public
Press is beginning for the new book, When Private Talk Goes Public. I wrote a chapter about gossip and the women’s pages of newspapers in the 1950s and 1960s. The book has earned some nice reviews including these below:‘A magnificent and wondrously wide-ranging anthology of articles on 350 years of gossip about politics, power, diplomacy, celebrity, marriage, morals, murder, mayhem, love, and, of course, sex in its multiple variations, When Private Talk Goes Public has something for everyone who cares about, studies, teaches, or reads American history.’ – David Nasaw, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History, City University of New York, USA “Brilliantly – and engagingly – these essays…
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2014 Food Culture & History Catalog
I was pleased to see the great treatment in the Rowman & Littlefield 2014 Food Culture and History Catalog. The Food Section is featured on page seven.
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AJHA Talk: Academic Spouses Collaborating
I was pleased to learn that our AJHA panel was accepted. It’s called: “Co-authorship and Collaboration in Historical Research.” I will speak about my work with my husband Lance Speere. Together, we have published numerous articles and now we are working on a book. Here is a link to a great talk that Lance gave in 2008 at the AEJMC-AJHA talk in New York City about our work together. He was the president of CMA at the time.
