Malvina Stephenson
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Vera Glaser: Women’s Page Journalist & Political Columnist
I have been working on my women and politics book – focusing today on Vera Glaser. Glaser began her career in magazine, newspaper, and radio journalism before turning to governmental public relations work in the 1950s, including overseeing the women’s division for the Republican National Committee. Glaser became a reporter for the North American Newspaper Alliance in the 1960s. Then she became the Washington Bureau Chief for the Alliance in the 1960s. Her articles typically ran in the women’s pages. Glaser became a partner of Malvina Stephenson on election night in 1968. The two women snuck into Richard Nixon’s inner sanctum on the 35th floor of Waldorf Towers while hundreds…
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Women’s Page Political Columnist Malvina Stephenson
I was excited to find this oral history with Washington, DC political columnist Malvina Stephenson. Her papers are part of the National Women & Media Collection. Malvina Stephenson teamed with veteran Washington journalist Vera Glaser on election night in 1968. They snuck into Nixon’s inner sanctum on the 35th floor of Waldorf Towers while hundreds of other reporters were stuck in the pressroom on the third floor of the hotel. By the time they were spotted by Nixon’s director of public relations, they had already conducted numerous exclusive interviews and had found a copy of the campaign director’s confidential guide to election returns. They then broke the story. It was…
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Malvina Stephenson
This week I received a pack of photos of Malvina Stephenson from the The Carl Albert Center at the University of Oklahoma. Malvina wrote the political column “Offbeat Washington” with Vera Glaser in the 1960s. Malvina has some papers at the Albert Center. She also has papers at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection. I’ve gone through the papers at WHMC. Here is a link to a photo of Malvina. (She’s at the far left.) It can be found at the University of Iowa. Malvina was part of the Women in Journalism oral history project. I hope to investigate more about the “Offbeat Washington” column in the future.
