women and journalism
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Modern Day Women’s Page
I was interested to see that the Washington Post is introducing a modern women’s page, The Lily. Here is a story about it. The name “The Lily” is a nod to the first newspaper for and run by women which was established in 1849.
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New Directions in Florida’s African American History
I am excited that my paper NAME has been accepted for presentation at the conference “New Directions in Florida’s African American History,” at Flagler College, March 23-25, 2017, Saint Augustine, Florida. I have addressed the women’s page coverage of black brides in a journal article and the book, When Private Talk Goes Public.
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Happy Anniversary!
Happy anniversary to my husband and co-author! A wonderful 13 years.
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Washington Press Club Cookbook History
My proposal for research about the Washington Press Club cookbooks has been accepted for the 2017 Food Studies Conference. My paper is titled: “Who Says We Can’t Cook? Analysis of Gender, Labor and Recipes in the Cookbooks of the Women’s National Press Club.” For decades, numerous women’s clubs have produced cookbooks as fundraisers. Two Washington, D.C. cookbooks in particular exemplify the culture of power and prestige in the city and also the role of cookbooks as fundraisers. The first cookbook was the 1955 Who Says We Can’t Cook ? by the Women’s National Press Club. The members stressed the book was not a defense of their culinary talents but rather…
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Pearl Harbor & Drue Lytle
Today is the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Hugh Lytle was the journalist whose teletype message provided Associated Press and the world with the first account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was married to award-winning Hawaii women’s page editor Drue Lytle. Here is Hugh’s obituary. Drue is mentioned in it. I have been collecting data about Drue for the past few years. I found the above clip which answered many questions and I also located some great letters in the National Women and Media Collection.
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Researching Women’s Page Editor Drue Lytle
Today I got back to writing about Drue Lytle – the women’s page editor of the Honolulu Advertiser. She won numerous Penney-Missouri Awards in the 1960s. Her letters back and forth with Awards’ director Paul Myhre can be found in the Penney-Missouri Awards papers at the NWMC. I also found some great articles about Drue. Clearly, women’s page editors like Drue – with help from Paul – were pushing to change the content of women’s pages. For example, Drue was working to add more medical and health news in her section. I am re-starting an article about Drue although the information gathering has been slow. I hired a researcher several…
