Maggie Savoy
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Maggie Savoy revisions
I have completed the final revisions on the Maggie Savoy article. The designer begins work on it tomorrow. There are some great images that will go along with the article. It will come out this Spring. Here’s more about Maggie.
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Jim Bellows
Jim Bellows was married to legendary women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. I have an article about Maggie coming out this spring.
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Bellows, Voltz and Christmas
For Christmas, Lance got me the book, 80:Our Most Famous 80 Year Olds. It is edited by Jim Bellows. Jim was a great editor at several major dailies, including the New York Herald Tribune and the Washington Star. Jim was an advocate for women at the newspapers he oversaw. He was married to influential women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. (There’s a chapter devoted to Maggie in the book shown in this post, The Last Editor.) Here’s a link to an interview with Jim. Here’s another interview link. Lance and I are working on a paper about Jim and other progressive male editors. Lance and I have spent the last two…
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Maggie Savoy article finished
My revised Maggie Savoy manuscript has been sent off. It is scheduled to run in March 2009. Here’s a link to more about Maggie. Maggie died 38 years ago today.
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Maggie Savoy’s son Billy
Today I learned that Billy Savoy died last December at age 65. He was a Santa Barbara DJ who went by the name “Billy Clarke.” I had hoped to speak to Billy about his mother, women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. I was sad to hear the news. Here is his obituary.
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Maggie Savoy letter
I am continuing my revisions on my Maggie Savoy manuscript for my deadline of the 18th. This is a letter from Maggie to Paul Myhre and his wife Mary. Paul was the director of the Penney-Missouri Awards. Maggie and Paul became good friends over the years. This letter can be found in the papers of the Penney-Missouri Awards at the WHMC.
