women and journalism
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Fighting the Stereotype of the Women’s Pages
I came across another media article that includes the incorrect stereotype of the women’s pages. It was in the Tampa Bay Times:“Restaurant criticism isn’t a hallowed profession. It was essentially invented by Craig Claiborne at the New York Times in the early 1960s. Food writing had previously been on newspapers’ “women’s pages” (Food Fashions Family Furnishings!), mostly casserole recipes adjacent to “how to grow a better begonia.” It was Jane Nickerson who was the first restaurant critic at the New York Times – prior to Claiborne. I wrote about her in the New York City Food Encyclopedia, Savoring Gotham. I also wrote about Nickerson and her fellow newspaper food editors…
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Cover for Women’s Pages Books
Considering these two options for the cover of my upcoming book about the women’s pages. In it I explore the important women who oversaw these sections in the 1950s & 1960s, as well as the significant content of these sections.
- Florida Women's Pages, Kathryn Robinette, society reporter, society writer, women and journalism, women's page history
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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Women’s Page Columnist Fran Murphy
I am thankful to UCF’s ILL folks who found this clip of women’s page columnist Fran Murphy. She will be included in my next book about women’s page editors.
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Women Politicking Politely
I was happy to learning that my book, Women Politicking Politely, was on display at at AHA Conference.
- Drue Lytle, Honolulu Advertiser, National Women and Media Collection, Pat Millard-Hunter, women and journalism, women and news
Honolulu Advertiser Women’s Pages in the 1960s
I am working on a journal article about Hawaii women’s page journalists Drue Lytle and Pat Hunter. They both won Penney-Missouri Awards so I found their letters to and from Awards’ director Paul Myhre. The file also included Hunters’ award-winning series about child abuse, LSD and divorce laws.