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The Food Section: UCF Book Festival
I had a great time talking about The Food Section at the 2015 UCF Book Festival. There was a great turnout and I signed a few books.
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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My Ruth Ellen Church Research
My research about longtime Chicago Tribune foo editor Ruth Ellen Church (pen name = Mary Meade) is coming together. My biography of Church was recently published in Middle West Review published by the University of Nebraska Press. I wrote an entry for Church that will be in the upcoming Chicago food and beverage encyclopedia published by the University of Illinois Press. In the fall, I will present a paper at the Food Studies conference about Church’s role as the first newspaper wine columnist in the country.
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The Food Section Talk at the UCF Book Festival
My talk about The Food Section is a week from today at the UCF Book Festival.
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Women’s History Month, 2015
March is Women’s History Month. Last year, I blogged each day in March about top food editors from my book, The Food Section. This year I blogged for different publications for Women’s History Month. I blogged for Ms Magazine about women’s page editor turned managing editor Carol Sutton. I also blogged for Ms Magazine about feminist leader Roxcy Bolton. She was a good friend of Miami Herald women’s page editor Marie Anderson. I will speak about Roxcy at the 2015 Florida Historical Society’s Annual Meeting in St. Augustine. I blogged for We’re History about Roxcy’s fight to name hurricanes for both men and women. Lastly, I blogged for We’re History…
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The First Lady of Wine Journalism: Ruth Ellen Church
I just had a paper accepted for presentation at Food Studies in the fall. It’s called “The First Lady of Wine Journalism: Ruth Ellen Church.” The first person to write a wine column for an American newspaper was Ruth Ellen Church, the Chicago Tribune food editor who often used the pen name of Mary Meade. Her column began in 1962. Initially, she traveled through Europe to learn about wine. In 1963 she published the cookbook, The American Guide to Wines which included an introduction by esteemed food writer Morrison Wood. She later wrote a book documenting the wines of the Midwest. In 1992, the Midwest International Wine Exposition began giving…
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Politicking Politely: Well-Behaved Women Making a Difference
I am excited to announce that I have signed a book contact for my project “Politicking Politely: Well-Behaved Women Making a Difference in the 1960s and 1970s.” This book will detail the relatively unknown stories of two female political operatives who worked behind the scenes with five female journalists to advance women’s rights during the 1950s and ‘60s. The fight for equality that became more visible in the 1960s had a foundation that began in the 1950s. It was a mix of women in government and women in the news media – at times going back and forth in those positions. The book project is based on an examination of…
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A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
