women's clubs
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The Recipe Project: Who Says We Can’t Cook!
Here is my contribution to The Recipe Project! The cookbook was a fundraising project for the Women’s National Press Club. I will analyze more recipes from the cookbook in my 2017 Food Studies Conference talk.
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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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Politicking Politely Cover Photo
I have sent off my manuscript for my book, Politicking Politely. I am considering this image for the cover – it features Miami Herald women’s page journalists Marie Anderson and Dorothy Jurney.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Anna Maria Island
Happy Thanksgiving from Anna Maria Island. We are enjoying the beach & I am editing the Politicking Politely book.
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Mad Men & Working Women: Out in Paperback
The paperback version of our Mad Men and Working Women in now out in paperback. In it, there is a new revised conclusion which included the final season which was not included in our original book. My chapters include information about women and advertising history, the women’s pages and women’s clubs.
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Women’s Clubs, Academia & Social Media
I have spoken several times about the need for academics to use social media to promote their research. Below is an example of how social media and the real world came together. In the Spring, I answered a Tweet from NPR’s the Salt about the cookbooks produced by Junior League organizations as fundraisers. That led to an interview with an NPR reporter and this story. A few weeks ago, I received an email from the president of the Daytona Beach Junior League who had heard the story on the radio. Last night, I spoke to the organization in honor of its 80 year anniversary:“Women’s Clubs: Well Behaved Women Who Helped…
