women's history
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FCA Presentation: Quilted News
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Revised Women’s Page/Lifestyle Section
I was interested to see that a newspaper is revising its feature section with a nod to its 1960s women’s section, according to this article. The editors asked readers: “What do you wish was still part of The Chronicle?” The answer was: “Enhance Your Life Section.” The newspaper is creating a section called “Your Life.” It was described as “a cross between the Women’s sections of the 1960s and 1970s and the scratch-and-sniff ink on April Fools’ Day Lifestyle section of the 1980 and 1990s.” I was pleased to see a newspaper recognize the value of the 1960s women’s pages rather than dismissing them as fluff – which typically happens.
- Bobbi McCallum, Florida Women's Pages, journalism history, Koky Dishon, Roberta Applegate, Ruth Ellen Church, women's history, women's page history
Working as a Public Historian
I have been asked why I spend so much time doing research when that work is not considered research by my university. My answer is that I believe in public history. I have written before about having to twice as hard to get tenure because I study regional rather than national figures in journalism history. While it does not feel fair, the women I write about were rarely treated fairly and faced much bigger hurdles than my own. I have the usual peer-review history journal articles that I publicize through social media, especially Academia.edu and Linkedin. My article about food editor Jeanne Voltz has more than 560 page views on…
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Fashion Writers Marian Christy & Bobbi McCallum
- Florida Women's Pages, journalism history, Marjorie Paxson, National Women and Media Collection, women's history, women's history month, women's page history
Women’s History Month: Marjorie Paxson
In honor of March being Women’s History Month, I will be blogging, pinning and tweeting about a different women’s page editor each day. I thought the best place to start would be with Marjorie Paxson who helped found the National Women and Media Collection. She was a longtime women’s page journalist in Texas and Florida who became the fourth female publisher at Gannett. She worked on the hard news side during World War II and then returned to the women’s pages in peacetime. She worked at women’s pages in Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania. She was a good friend of Marie Anderson and Dorothy Jurney. Here is a link to the…
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Writing Women into the Curriculum
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Women’s Page Editors & Women’s History Month
In honor of Women’s History Month this year, I will be blogging each day about a different women’s page journalist. I will also be pinning to this Women’s Page History board and posting to Facebook. My posts will be short biographies of women who are often left out of journalism histories. Check back on March 1.
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News of Gerda Lerner’s Death
I was sad to learn about the death of historian Gerda Lerner. Lerner worked with NOW pioneer and the longtime head of the Wisconsin Commission on the Status of Women, Kathryn “Kay” Clarenbach. At Kay’s memorial service, Lerner said:“Kay was the foremost organizer of the modern women’s movement, recognized as such by all who worked with her . . . the reliable, sustaining force without which there is no social change.” Kay worked with women’s page editors to cover feminist topics in a positive way. I found proof of this in Kay’s papers at the University of Wisconsin. The finding guide is available here. Here is a previous post about…
