Vivian Castleberry
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from Curtis James, Paul Jacob, Lance & I! Curtis is named for Curtis Castleberry, the husband of legendary Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry and James Bellows, husband of groundbreaking women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. Paul is named for Paul Myhre – a champion for women’s page journalism as the director of the Penney-Missouri Awards.
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Happy Birthday to Curtis
Today Curtis turns three years old – this is a photo of him at EPCOT taken last weekend. He is named for the husband of Dallas women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry – Curtis Castleberry – and the husband of Arizona women’s page editor Maggie Savoy – Jim Bellows. Jim was also a great champion for women in the newsroom. Happy Birthday to Curtis!
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Professor, Researcher, Mother
Today I spoke on a panel about balancing motherhood with being an academic. The key to what Lance & I try to do is incorporate much of our women’s page work with our family. It was a tradition we had before we had children as we traveled to archives and went through papers together. We would then try to add on a mini-vacation. In the photo above I am in the Dallas home of women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. Lance and I stayed with Vivian and her husband Curtis before we moved to Orlando. When we discovered that we were having our first son, we decided that Curtis was a…
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! The most romantic story of all women’s page editors is the marriage of Vivian and Curtis Castleberry – who have been married more than five decades and raised five daughters. I am finishing my work on my manuscript about the wonderful Vivian who was the longtime women’s page editor at the Dallas Times Herald.
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48th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination & women’s page coverage
The 48th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s Assassination in Dallas was yesterday. Dallas Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry covered the story. Below is a portion of her experience from the book manuscript I am writing: There was a concern about politicians and safety in Dallas prior to President John F. Kennedy’s visit. On October 24, 1963, demonstrators who were opposed to the United Nations attacked Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. He was spat on, booed and hit with a picket sign. The national media described the event as creating “an ugly impression of America is registered throughout the world.” Texas Gov. John B. Connally Jr. said…
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New Vivian Castleberry Video
I was excited to find some great clips of an interview with women’s page great Vivian Castleberry. She was one of the few women’s page editors included in the oral history project, Women in Journalism, by the Washington Press Club Foundation. She spent more than two decades as the women’s page editor at the Dallas Times Herald and fought for women’s rights throughout her journalism career. Here is more about Vivian. I am working on a book about Vivian that I hope to finish before the baby arrives.
