women's page history
- Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, food editors, food history, food journalism, Virginia Heffington, women's page history
Newspaper Recipes Live On
The recipes of newspaper food editors have lived on into the internet age. From online newspaper food sections to home cooks’ food blogs, requests for or examples of old recipes are available. In August of 2012, a reader from Miami Beach wrote to the Miami Herald and requested a recipe for a dessert called “Heavenly Hash” which included graham crackers and whipped cream. Another reader sent in a Herald clipping of a May 6, 1970 recipe written by Virginia Heffington, who was listed as “homemaking editor.” Heffington explained that the recipe was popular in the 1930s. She wrote: “Long years ago ladies had fun making what they called icebox desserts…
- Bobbi McCallum, Carol Sutton, Dorothy Jurney, Flo Burge, journalism history, Maggie Savoy, Marie Anderson, women, women's page history
How the Tenure Process Can Marginalize Women in History
This post was inspired by Heather Cox Richardson’s post yesterday about mothers in the academy. In addition to excellent points about motherhood, she offered a reminder of what women often bring to research as they sometimes look for new topics or at an issue in a different way. In looking back post-tenure, it worries me that the requirements needed for tenure at an R-1 institution may lead to the marginalization of women in history. At my university, like many other schools, tenure means being a national expert – publishing in national journals. This means that research is largely about national figures, usually men. In fact, in what was intended to…
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Fashion Writers Marian Christy & Bobbi McCallum
- Florida Women's Pages, food editors, food journalism, journalism ethics, journalism history, Peggy Daum, restaurant critics, restaurant reviewing, ruth gray, women's page history
Our Article to be Published in Gastronomica
Lance & I have been going over page proofs for our article. It’s called “Food Fight: Accusations of Press Agentry: A Case for Ethics and the Development of the Association of Food Journalists.” It will be in the Summer 2013 issues of Gastronomica: Journal of Food & Culture. It is a history of newspaper food pages and a case study of Peggy Daum & Ruth Gray’s work. In our paper, we explained:“A regular part of these women’s sections were food pages. These sections were made thick with grocery store and kitchen product advertisements in the 1950s and 1960s. And the food editors had influence. According to a 1953 article in…
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Writing Women into the Curriculum
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Food Editor Polly Paffilas
I have been researching Polly Paffilas, the longtime food editor at the Akron Beacon Journal. According to her obituary:“”Polly was one of the grand dames of journalism,’ said her former longtime colleague Mickey Porter. “She’d tackle any kind of story.”Her newspaper career covered more than 45 years before she retired in 1987. She and colleague Frances B. Murphey, who died in 1998, broke into the business as temporary hires through Manpower. When the staff was short in the newsroom during World War II, they were called in. It was a male-dominated business when Miss Paffilas signed on in 1942, in the low-tech days of pencils, typewriters and hot metal type.…
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
- Dorothy Chapman, Florida Women's Pages, food editors, Grace Barr, journalism history, women's page history
Orlando Sentinel Food Editor Dorothy Chapman
As I was researching Orlando food editor Grace Barr, I came across Dorothy Chapman. She had been the women’s page editor at the Orlando Sentinel when Barr was the food editor. When Barr retired in 1969, Chapman became the food editor. In 1971, Chapman became the first restaurant editor at the newspaper. She wrote several cookbooks based on her column, “Thought You’d Never Ask.” According to her obituary: “As the Orlando Sentinel’s first restaurant critic, Chapman wielded her pen and fork with a civil tongue. “We [chefs] gave her a lot of respect because she gave us a lot of respect,” said longtime Orlando restaurateur Major Jarman. “She was fair.…
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Miami News Billie O’Day Obituary
I was happy to see the obituary of Miami News women’s page editors Billie O’Day. It ran in the Miami Herald recently. She was the longtime Miami News women’s page editor who won several Penney-Missouri Awards – the top recognition for women’s pages. This is my favorite part:“Summing herself up in her notes, Billie O’Day wrote: “I believed Anita Hill. My favorite TV shows are ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Brooklyn Bridge,’ ‘Murder She Wrote,’ ‘The Civil War,’ and any other documentary by Ken Burns. “I watch CNN and C-Span. I go to lunch every day with my next-door neighbor, a Juilliard grad and a terrific vocalist and pianist. I don’t go out…
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