Kathryn Robinette
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Kay Clarenbach Presentation at AJHA
I presented my paper about my search of Kathryn “Kay” Clarenbach at the AJHA Convention in Kansas City this past weekend. She had a longtime partnership with the women’s page editors of Milwaukee and Madison. In part, I showed Clarenbach’s role in the National Organization for Women, although she has largely been overshadowed on a national level by Betty Friedan. They are both pictured above. Clarenbach’s role in N.O.W. was recognized in her home state of Wisconsin as demonstrated by this above the fold, front page article. (Betty’s name is only mentioned in the last sentence of the story.)
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Palm Beach Post and Kathryn Robinette
We took the longer trip back – Highway A1A from Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach. There were breathtaking views of beautiful water and amazing houses. Lance pointed out: “Since you write about women from Boca and P.B., I thought we should see those places.” In particular, he was speaking of Kathryn Robinette. She is pictured above in a scene from the Penney-Missouri Awards. 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…
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Palm Beach Post and Kathryn Robinette
We took the longer trip back – Highway A1A from Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach. There were breathtaking views of beautiful water and amazing houses. Lance pointed out: “Since you write about women from Boca and P.B., I thought we should see those places.” In particular, he was speaking of Kathryn Robinette. She is pictured above in a scene from the Penney-Missouri Awards. 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…
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More on Kathryn Robinette
I just found this scan of one of Kathryn Robinette’s sections in the Palm Beach Post. Kathryn was a multiple Penney-Missouri Award winner. I am continuing to collect information about her career.
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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: “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.” She married and had children. While she covered the many galas of Palm Beach, she covered social issues, too. Her 1968 full-page Mother’s Day…
