We just returned from our trip to Dallas. We were able to watch the dedication of the Vivian Castleberry Peace Institute at the University of North Texas. (Vivian was the longtime women’s page editor of the Dallas Times Herald.) Here is an article about it. It was a great ceremony. On one wall were murals that elementary students created of Vivian.

We just returned from our trip to Dallas. We were able to watch the dedication of the Vivian Castleberry Peace Institute at the University of North Texas. (Vivian was the longtime women’s page editor of the Dallas Times Herald.) Here is an article about it. It was a great ceremony. On one wall were murals that elementary students created of Vivian.

Yesterday was Women’s Equality Day – the 90th Anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. I took part in the UCF march honoring the day. Several female lawmakers spoke at the event. The women’s page journalists were too young to take part in Women’s Suffrage – but legendary women’s page editor Dorothy Jurney’s mother was a suffragette and one of the first woman elected to the Indiana legislature.

Yesterday was Women’s Equality Day – the 90th Anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. I took part in the UCF march honoring the day. Several female lawmakers spoke at the event. The women’s page journalists were too young to take part in Women’s Suffrage – but legendary women’s page editor Dorothy Jurney’s mother was a suffragette and one of the first woman elected to the Indiana legislature.

As we celebrate Independence Day, it is important to note the contributions of women. Several women’s page editors contributed to official government action regarding women’s rights. Marjorie Paxson (women’s page editor and journalist in Texas and Florida) went on to be the editor of the daily eight-page newspaper published in Mexico City during the UN World Conference for International Women’s Year in 1975. She also was a copy editor of President Ford’s Commission on the Status of Women report, “To Form a More Perfect Union.” The main editor of the report, “To Form a More Perfect Union,” was Dorothy Jurney. Dorothy was women’s page editor of the Miami Herald and…

I have been going through Peggy Daum’s 1962 master’s thesis from Marquette University – Women’s Pages Today: A Comparative Study of Six Newspapers. Peggy was a women’s page reporter for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in the 1950s and 1960s. She became the food editor of the section in 1968 and remained in the position for two decades. It was interesting to learn more about Peggy. In addition, her thesis was helpful in learning more about women’s sections at the time. Peggy surveyed three of the women’s page editors I have studied: Marie Anderson, Gloria Biggs and Dorothy Jurney. Peggy also interviewed her boss, Aileen Ryan – another research subject. Her research…