Kathryn Robinette
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Society Writer Kathryn Robinette
Today I am writing about society news in the women’s pages, including the work of Palm Beach journalist Kathryn Robinette. Here is an earlier article I wrote about her for a Florida history publication.
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Kathryn Robinette Article in The Tustenegee
My article “Kathryn Robinette: Redefining Society News in 1960s Palm Beach,” was published yesterday in The Tustenegee, the journal of the Palm Beach Historical Society. Robinette will be part of my book about women’s page journalists coming out in 2018.
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Upcoming Tustenegee Article
I was happy to learn on Friday that my article about Palm Beach women’s page editor Kathryn Robinette has been accepted for publication by the Tustenegee journal.
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Researching Kathryn Robinette
I am beginning a a potential new journal article about Palm Beach women’s page editor Kathryn Robinette who won two Penney-Missouri Awards, the top recognition for women’s pages in the 1960s. Robinette earned an undergraduate degree and then a master’s degree in English from the University of Chicago before trying women’s page journalism at the Georgia newspaper Morning News and Evening Press in 1960. She wrote of the experience: “I typed weddings and all that tiresome stuff but managed to fall in love with the work anyway. I also formed firm opinions about what type of story best served the reader’s interest – having been one for so long.” In…
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My Orlando Talk, Lilly Pulitzer & Cute Cookies
I was excited to see that the Orange County Regional Historical Center list my talk in March for Women’s History Month. This is the description: Evening Lecture with Dr. Kimberly Voss: Fashion, Food and Feminism: Florida’s Women’s Page Editors in the 1960sThursday, March 6, 2014 Throughout the 1960s, the Florida women’s page editors were setting the standard across the country. They were regularly giving lectures to other women’s page editors and dominated the Penney-Missouri Awards- the top journalism prize for the sections. These editors were developing a community together. They socialized, encouraged and pushed the definition of women’s news. This time period was described by Marjorie Paxson, Miami Herald and…
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Society Coverage
I am finishing the revisions on my book chapter on women and gossip – focusing on the content of the women’s pages. Today I wrote about Kathryn Robinette. Kathryn Robinette won Penney-Missouri Awards for her women’s section of the Palm Beach Post in 1966 and 1968. She earned an undergraduate degree and then a master’s degree in English from the University of Chicago before trying women’s page journalism in 1960 in Georgia. She wrote in a letter: “I typed weddings and all that tiresome stuff but managed to fall in love with the work anyway. I also formed firm opinions about what type of story best served the reader’s interest…
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