journalism history
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Journal of American History book review
I just received an invitation from the Journal of American History to review the book, Freedom for Women: Forging the Women’s Liberation Movement, 1953-1970 by Carol Giardina. I am curious to see how Giardina addresses media coverage of the Women’s Liberation Movement. Many Liberation leaders refused to speak to male journalists so it is likely that the leaders worked with women’s page journalists. (On the other hand, at one point, Gloria Steinem refused to be interviewed by women’s page journalists. She preferred to speak with reporters from the news side.)
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Working at the University of Wisconsin Archives
We spent this week searching through the papers of Kathryn “Kay” Clarenbach at the University of Wisconsin in Madison thanks to a grant from UCF. The papers were in the University Archives at the Steenboch Library. Her files were extensive – there was a 94-page finding guide. We made hundreds of copies. We found some wonderful material. There were references to several women’s page editors, including Dorothy Jurney and Vivian Castleberry. There were informative letters between Kay and feminist leader Catherine East. (We went through East’s papers at Harvard University a few years ago.) We also found the background material that we had been searching for regarding the NOW-initiated lawsuits…
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Working at the University of Wisconsin Archives
We spent this week searching through the papers of Kathryn “Kay” Clarenbach at the University of Wisconsin in Madison thanks to a grant from UCF. The papers were in the University Archives at the Steenboch Library. Her files were extensive – there was a 94-page finding guide. We made hundreds of copies. We found some wonderful material. There were references to several women’s page editors, including Dorothy Jurney and Vivian Castleberry. There were informative letters between Kay and feminist leader Catherine East. (We went through East’s papers at Harvard University a few years ago.) We also found the background material that we had been searching for regarding the NOW-initiated lawsuits…
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More about Vivian Castleberry
I just learned that long back-ordered DVD about Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry will soon be available for shipping. Here is a link. It would be a great addition to any journalism history class. Also, the Dallas Observer blog just posted an interview with me and more of my transcript from one of Vivian’s talks at the Sixth Floor Museum. Here is a link. I love when Vivian gets the recognition she deserves. So many women’s page editors are forgotten.
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More about Vivian Castleberry
I just learned that long back-ordered DVD about Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry will soon be available for shipping. Here is a link. It would be a great addition to any journalism history class. Also, the Dallas Observer blog just posted an interview with me and more of my transcript from one of Vivian’s talks at the Sixth Floor Museum. Here is a link. I love when Vivian gets the recognition she deserves. So many women’s page editors are forgotten.
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Exploring the Historical Process
This is a narrative about discovering Bobbi McCallum and about the historical process. Often, as scholars, we focus on the results – what it is we found. This is the story of how I got to the results. It is patterned after the work of Gabrielle Burton in Searching for Tamsen Donner. In the book, Barton explored her own research process as a writer.
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