women's history
- Bertha Hahn, Florida food, Florida Women's Pages, food editors, food journalism, women and journalism, women's history, women's history month
Women’s History Month: Day 12 & Bertha Cochran Hahn
Day 12 of Women’s History Month features Miami News food editor Bertha Cochran Hahn. She worked with Billie O’Day who I blogged about yesterday. Bertha Cochran Hahn earned a home economics degree from Purdue University and worked as a home demonstration agent. During World War II, she became a second lieutenant in the Army Medical Crops and was stationed in Air Force hospitals. After the war, she earned a journalism degree from the University of Miami. She became the food editor at the Miami News in the 1953 and remained in the position through the 1960s. She worked for editor Jim Bellows – who wrote about her in his book,…
- Edee Greene, Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, women and journalism, women's history, women's history month
Women’s History Month: Day 3 & Edee Greene
Day 3 of Women’s History Month features Fort Lauderdale News women’s page editor Edee Greene. I am blogging all month about Florida women’s page journalists. Greene was a Penney-Missouri award-winning Florida women’s page editor. Her section included progressive content that tackled important social issues in Fort Lauderdale. A Florida resident since the age of 12, she began her media career with radio station WSUN in St. Petersburg in 1932. She wrote soap opera scripts and had her own movie show. A year later, she married Tom Greene. She left radio to take care of her family and working for her husband’s advertising business. It ended after 17 years, leaving her…
- club women history, National Women and Media Collection, politics, women and journalism, women and politics, women's history
Page Proofs for Women & Politics Book
Excited to go over page proofs for my upcoming book, Women Politicking Politely: Feminists Making a Difference in the 1960s and 1970s. It features the stories of Marie Anderson, Kay Clarenbach, Catherine East, Vera Glaser, Dorothy Jurney and Marjorie Paxson.
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Rebels in White Gloves
I am really enjoying this book, Rebels in White Gloves which details the lives of women who were in Hillary’s class at Wellesley College. There are several connections to the book I am writing about well-behaved women in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Midwest Women & Politics Book Chapter
Happy to contribute a chapter to a book about Midwest Women and Politics – focusing on Kay Clarenbach. She is a significant part of my upcoming book about women and politics in the 1950s and 1960s.
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On Wisconsin Mention of My Book
My upcoming 2017 book about women and politics is mentioned in this article in the University of Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, On Wisconsin. “Media and historians may focus on public protests for women’s rights, but the steady work of state commissions is what allowed women to enter the public sphere, laying the foundation for the women’s liberation movement, says Kimberly Voss, a journalism associate professor at the University of Central Florida. Her book Politicking Politely: Well-Behaved Women Making a Difference in the 1960s and 1970s profiles a half-dozen female journalists and political operatives who worked behind the scenes to push for change. “Without them, a lot of what happens in the…
