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Society Writer Kathryn Robinette
Today I am writing about society news in the women’s pages, including the work of Palm Beach journalist Kathryn Robinette. Here is an earlier article I wrote about her for a Florida history publication.
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Chicago Tribune Society Writer Eleanor Page
I came across a new women’s page figure for my upcoming book: society reporter Eleanor Page. According to her obituary: “At the height of American society reporting after World War II, Mrs. Voysey, who always wrote under her maiden name Eleanor Page, helped establish the criteria that set members of Chicago’s elite apart from those in other cities. She contended one could be admitted into New York society by having money; in the South, with an important family name. In Chicago, she later wrote, only charity work had the power to allow someone to know everyone and go everywhere.” In the book, Re-Evaluating Women’s Page Journalism in the Post-World War…
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Great Betty Ewing Images
I love these images of Houston society writer and women’s page journalist Betty Ewing. They will be published on History Weekly later this week.