Lettie Gavin

  • Lettie Gavin,  women and journalism,  women's page history

    Seattle P-I’s Lettie Gavin

    I found another women’s page journalist to add to the book: Lettie Gavin. From her obituary:”Lettie Gavin: 1922-2006: ‘Collecting people’s stories is what she was about’ At one point in the 1970s, during Lettie Gavin’s Seattle P-I career, editor Jack Doughty spotted her purse on her desk and had a fit. The old-school newspaperman didn’t like it sitting there.Gavin, a trailblazer for women in the newsroom, responded, “This is where I keep it.”It stayed. And so did she. Gavin, a former editor and reporter known for her attention-grabbing way with words and curiosity about the world, died Monday from pneumonia, said her son Tom Gudmestad, 53. The Queen Anne resident,…

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