Vera Glaser
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Vera Glaser paper
I just learned that my paper on Washington journalist Vera Glaser has been accepted for presentation at the AJHA-AEJMC joint meeting in New York in March. I was very happy to get the news.
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Cape Canaveral
We spent yesterday at Playalinda Beach – we have a season pass. It is located within the Cape Canaveral National Seashore. I get some of my best writing done there. I spent the morning working on my article about Vera Glaser. The above photo shows the view of Cape Canaveral from the beach. It reminded me of the great article “The Gendered Anniversary: The Story of America’s Women Astronauts” in the Fall 2008 The Florida Historical Quarterly. It’s written by UCF history professor Amy Foster. It’s very well done.
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Vera Glaser oral history
Yesterday I sent off a conference abstract about Vera Glaser. Here is a link to an earlier post about Vera. Last week, I received CDs of an oral history that Vera did with the National Press Club in 1994. This week, I’ve been transcribing parts of the oral history. It’s wonderful to listen to her speak about her career.
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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.
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Vera Glaser obituary
Vera Glaser’s obituary (written by Patricia Sullivan) ran in the Washington Post today. Here’s a link to it. It’s a great explanation of the role Vera played in both journalism and feminism. I’m also glad Sullivan included the story about Vera’s friendship with Catherine East – another great woman. The photo is from Vera’s family.
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Catherine East & Vera Glaser
This letter shows the friendship between Vera Glaser and Catherine East. The newspaper series that Catherine describes ran in newspapers across the country. Vera received several fan letters after the stories appeared. Those letters and the one here can be found at the University of Wyoming. I am writing an article about Vera and Catherine’s friendship and advocacy.
