National Women and Media Collection
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Marie Sauer’s Retirement & the Style Section
I recently came across this press release about Marie Sauer and the creation of the new Style section at the Washington Post. Interesting how women’s page editor Marie Sauer is lauded for her work yet her section is later criticized for its content. The press release was found in the Penney-Missouri Award papers at the National Women & Media Collection.
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Ms Blog Post about Lifestyle Journalism
I am proud of my latest post for the Ms Magazine blog about the history of lifestyle journalism that highlights Marie Sauer (pictured above), Colleen “Koky” Dishon and Anne Rowe.
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Washington Post Women’s Page Editor Marie Sauer
I am excited to be researching the career of Washington Post Women’s Page Editor Marie Sauer. She was the editor for more than two decades before the Style section was introduced.
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National Women & Media Collection
I was happy to provide a quote for this National Women & Media Collection poster. So much of my research is due to the documents that are housed at the NWMC. It was established by women’s page editor turned publisher Marjorie Paxon.
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Women’s History Month: Marjorie Paxson
In honor of March being Women’s History Month, I will be blogging, pinning and tweeting about a different women’s page editor each day. I thought the best place to start would be with Marjorie Paxson who helped found the National Women and Media Collection. She was a longtime women’s page journalist in Texas and Florida who became the fourth female publisher at Gannett. She worked on the hard news side during World War II and then returned to the women’s pages in peacetime. She worked at women’s pages in Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania. She was a good friend of Marie Anderson and Dorothy Jurney. Here is a link to the…
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National Women & Media Collection
I was so excited to see this update to the National Women & Media Collection. It includes biographies of several great women’s page editors as well as some images I had never seen before. This is an image of legendary women’s page editor Dorothy Jurney interviewing Imelda Marcos in Malacanang Palace, the official residence of the President of the Philippines, in 1969. Here is my article in Journalism History about Jurney. I had also never seen this photo of Marjorie Paxson with a giant fish in Florida. Paxson was a women’s page editor in Houston and St. Petersburg, Florida among other places. Here is my article about Paxson. Lastly, I…
