- Dorothy Jurney, Marie Anderson, National Women and Media Collection, women and journalism, women and politics
Women & Politics Book Update
My reviews are in for my book manuscript, Politicking Politely, are in. Great news – all three reviewers liked it. I will make revisions this fall and turn it in by December 1. The book will come out in 2017. The book focuses on women’s page editors and women in government in the 1950s and 1960s. Two of the women at the center of the book are above – Marie Anderson and Dorothy Jurney.
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Marjorie Paxson Photo
I love this image of Marjorie Paxson in the 1960s. Marjorie is a major part of my upcoming women and politics book for her work in the women’s pages and governmental work for women.
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Food Editor Story in Charleston Post and Courier
I was interviewed for this story about the Charleston food editor Charlotte Walker (pictured above). Walker was included in my book, The Food Section. I loved the conclusion of the article:“Walker retired in 1974, and died in 1995. She left no survivors, so her legacy is carried solely by a compendium of her “Loved and Lost” columns and “The Post-Courier Cookbook,” which today isn’t available for checkout at the public library. “These food editors were so significant,” Voss says. “They did all these great things, but in the 1970s, they began to fade.” Teaching women how to bake pudding cakes ran afoul of the decade’s definition of feminism, and struck…
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
- food editors, food history, food journalism, food section, Food Studies, Jeanne Voltz, Virginia Heffington
The Food Section in New Catalog
Happy to see The Food Section was included in the 2016 Catalog. I am now working on a book about Miami food history which includes food editors Jeanne Voltz and Virginia Heffington. I will be blogging about my research in July.
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National Biography: Clementine Paddleford & Peg Bracken
I have just been assigned to write entries for “Clementine Paddleford,” and “Peg Bracken” for the American National Biography project with Oxford University Press, 2017. It’s now under contract. I initially wrote about both women in the book, The Food Section.
- Florida food, Florida history, Florida Women's Pages, Jeanne Voltz, Miami food, Miami Herald, Virginia Heffington
FHS Meeting Talk About Miami Food Editors
Spoke about Miami Food Editors at the Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting in Orlando today. It is part of my research project about Miami food history that I will be working on this summer.
A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
