women and politics
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We’re History: Commissions on the Status of Women
Here is my Women’s History Month post for We’re History. I wrote about the federal and state Commissions on the Status of Women. Positive press coverage for these groups could usually be found in the women’s pages of newspapers in the 1960s.
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Women’s Page Political Journalists Vera Glaser & Janet Chusmir
I have been going through the work of women’s page political journalist Vera Glaser for my book about women and politics. She covered many important issues, including the significant Women in Revolt series. I am working on material from Glaser’s column, Offbeat Washington, which she co-wrote with Malvina Stephenson. Janet Chusmir went on to become the first executive editor of the Miami Herald. Here is a clip of one of Chusmir’s stories from a 1968 Miami Herald women’s page. It was edited by Marie Anderson.
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Going over the Catherine East Oral History
I spent this morning going through Catherine East’s oral history. It is available in her papers in the Schlesinger Library. East’s work with women’s page editors Vera Glaser and Dorothy Jurney are part of my upcoming book about women and politics.
