Maggie Savoy
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Jim Bellows, women & ASNE
I am working on an article about how women’s page editors worked with the journalism industry in the 1960s and early 1970s to improve the status of women at newspapers. I am focusing on three organizations: ASNE, APME and the American Press Institute. There has been a tendency to simplify women’s roles at newspapers as one of victims. While they were clearly discriminated against – from pay to promotions – they did try to make change for themselves and future female journalists. They were aware of their smaller paychecks and poor treatment. They took action though organizations that they hoped would make a difference. For example, Miami Herald Women’s Page…
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AEJMC Talk About Feminism
Today, Lance and I gave our final AEJMC talks in St. Louis. We both addressed feminism. I concluded my talk with a collection of quotes that Los Angeles Times women’s page editor Maggie Savoy used to explain feminism to men. For example: “Now, fellas, I know this whole lib thing comes as a shock. Who needs another revolution? This one for heaven’s sakes, threatens apple pie. Don’t worry, men. Apple pie will not disappear. You may just have to bake it.” – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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Political cartoonist Paul Conrad Died
Los Angeles Times political cartoonist Paul Conrad died yesterday at age 86. He was a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. While he was at the Times, he was friends with women’s page editor Maggie Savoy and her husband Jim Bellows. When Maggie died in 1970 at age 50, Paul drew the above image for a memorial that Jim put together.
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Political cartoonist Paul Conrad Died
Los Angeles Times political cartoonist Paul Conrad died yesterday at age 86. He was a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. While he was at the Times, he was friends with women’s page editor Maggie Savoy and her husband Jim Bellows. When Maggie died in 1970 at age 50, Paul drew the above image for a memorial that Jim put together.
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History society & television exhibit
Yesterday we went to the the television and film costume exhibit at the Orange County Historical Society. The best connection I can make to women’s page editors is Maggie Savoy. Maggie was a women’s page editor in Arizona and California in the 1950s and 1960s. Before she became a journalist, she was a writer for the Red Skelton Show – this was after she graduated from USC.
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History society & television exhibit
Yesterday we went to the the television and film costume exhibit at the Orange County Historical Society. The best connection I can make to women’s page editors is Maggie Savoy. Maggie was a women’s page editor in Arizona and California in the 1950s and 1960s. Before she became a journalist, she was a writer for the Red Skelton Show – this was after she graduated from USC.
