Milwaukee Press Club
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Milwaukee Press Club & Women Members
I was happy to see the article Lance & I published about the female journalists fight to get into the all-male press club was cited in this entry for the Milwaukee Encyclopedia. This picture is of me signing plaques for the Milwaukee Press Club.
- Aileen Ryan, Constance Daniell, Dorothy Dawe, food journalism, furnishings, Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Press Club, Peggy Daum
Our American Journalism Article Officially Out
The article Lance & I wrote about the women’s pages of the Milwaukee Journal has been published. It was great to tell the stories of so many important women – including Peggy Daum, Aileen Ryan and Clarice Rowlands.
- Aileen Ryan, Constance Daniell, journalism history, Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Press Club, Peggy Daum
More Than “Rations, Passions, and Fashions”: Re-Examining the Women’s Pages in the Milwaukee Journal
The article Lance & I wrote about the Milwaukee Journal has been published in American Journalism: More Than “Rations, Passions, and Fashions”: Re-Examining the Women’s Pages in the Milwaukee Journal. It is available here. I have several free copies to give away. Please email if interested. We are working on a “Teach the Journal” article to accompany the ascholarship. It will be available online this fall.
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Milwaukee Journal Research Acceptance
Excited that the article that Lance & I wrote about the women’s page journalists of the Milwaukee Journal has been accepted for publication in an academic journal. Included in the article are Aileen Ryan and Peggy Daum.
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Milwaukee Press Club article
Our article “Way Past Deadline: The Women’s Fight to Integrate the Milwaukee Press Club,” was published this week by the Wisconsin Magazine of History. In the 1960s, women journalists fought for equal opportunities and recognition within their profession. One such fight was to obtain membership to the oldest continuously run press club in the country. It wasn’t until the 1970s that the Milwaukee Press Club finally allowed women to become members. To tell the story, we went through the papers of Milwaukee Press Club in the Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin Magazine of History article
I just received the proofs for my (and Lance’s) article on the women journalists’ fight to become members of the male-only Milwaukee Press Club. It looks great. There are many images I had not seen before. I am very appreciative of the editorial staff finding more archival images. Here’s my earlier post about the article.
