journalism history
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Back to writing about Vivian Castleberry
We spent yesterday at a Cape Canaveral beach where I got back to writing my book about Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. Lance’s initial suggestion for my book title: “White Gloves and Newsprint.” Today, I am adding some of Vivian’s articles to my manuscript. Unlike many editors, Vivian did a great deal of reporting and writing. I appreciate the great folks at the UCF library for finding these articles.
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Miami Herald women’s page columnist Eleanor Hart
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Miami Herald women’s page columnist Eleanor Hart
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Dorothy Dawe death certificate
One of the four Fs of the women’s pages is furnishings. (Although I have found that at some newspapers, furnishings stories were found in the real estate section.) For decades, the top recognition for furnishing coverage was the Dorothy Dawe Award. A few weeks ago, I started looking into furnishings coverage and the award. I learned that the award is named for a furnishings reporter at the Milwaukee Journal. I found her obituary last month – which noted that she died at age 42 but there were no other details. I filled out the paperwork to get her death certificate and it arrived last week. It looks like she died…
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Dorothy Dawe death certificate
One of the four Fs of the women’s pages is furnishings. (Although I have found that at some newspapers, furnishings stories were found in the real estate section.) For decades, the top recognition for furnishing coverage was the Dorothy Dawe Award. A few weeks ago, I started looking into furnishings coverage and the award. I learned that the award is named for a furnishings reporter at the Milwaukee Journal. I found her obituary last month – which noted that she died at age 42 but there were no other details. I filled out the paperwork to get her death certificate and it arrived last week. It looks like she died…
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Vivian Castleberry and depression
I am back to working on my book about Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. In this article I recently found, Vivian writes about depression. It was a disease she suffered from following her bout with cancer.
