journalism history
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Great new image from the Penney-Missouri Award workshop
Yesterday, I received a copy of this image. (It can be found in the papers of the Penney-Missouri Awards at the University of Missouri’s Western Historical Manuscript Collection.) In this photo, taken at a Penney-Missouri Awards’ workshop, are three award-winning women’s page editors: Sandra Wesley, Betty Preston and Edee Greene. One of the strengths of the award program was the workshops that allowed winners to share their secrets for success. I presented a paper about Edee Greene, the women’s page editor at Fort Lauderdale News, last year. She was a fascinating person – a caring friend, a community advocate and a funny writer. I am working on a revision on…
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New Jo Werne images
The wonderful folks at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri just posted these images of Jo Werne. Jo, who died last week, was a longtime reporter at the Miami Herald. She spent many of those years in the women’s pages. I was sad to learn of her death so I wanted to share these images in celebration of her career. The great women journalists of south Florida are so intertwined – I find connections on a regular basis. Late summer, I found a note from Jo to Helen Muir (a Miami journalist and library advocate) in Helen’s papers at the University of Miami. The September 29,…
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New Jo Werne images
The wonderful folks at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri just posted these images of Jo Werne. Jo, who died last week, was a longtime reporter at the Miami Herald. She spent many of those years in the women’s pages. I was sad to learn of her death so I wanted to share these images in celebration of her career. The great women journalists of south Florida are so intertwined – I find connections on a regular basis. Late summer, I found a note from Jo to Helen Muir (a Miami journalist and library advocate) in Helen’s papers at the University of Miami. The September 29,…
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Florida Communication Association & Eleanor Hart
I just learned that my paper about columnist Eleanor Hart has been accepted for presentation at the Florida Communication Association conference. She worked in the women’s pages of the Miami Herald in the 1950s and 1960s. I went through her papers at the South Florida Historical Society last year. My paper focuses on how her column reflected the community’s negotiation of change in terms of race and gender. The integration of neighborhoods and working mothers led to heated letters from readers. Advice columns, like the women’s pages, are often overlooked by media critics and historians.
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Libraries are Trendy
NPR had this interesting story about libraries becoming trendy. The growth of libraries was largely based on women’s clubs who raised funds and awareness – an acceptable form of activism. These clubs were heavily covered in the women’s pages. In Miami, Helen Muir was both a women’s page reporter and an advocate for libraries. I have gone through Helen’s papers at the University of Miami and plan to look at the intersection of women’s pages and cultural institutions like libraries. Women’s pages helped to create the foundation of many communities.
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Libraries are Trendy
NPR had this interesting story about libraries becoming trendy. The growth of libraries was largely based on women’s clubs who raised funds and awareness – an acceptable form of activism. These clubs were heavily covered in the women’s pages. In Miami, Helen Muir was both a women’s page reporter and an advocate for libraries. I have gone through Helen’s papers at the University of Miami and plan to look at the intersection of women’s pages and cultural institutions like libraries. Women’s pages helped to create the foundation of many communities.
