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Women’s History Month: Helen Wells
I am continuing with the Miami Herald theme for day 6th of Women’s History Month: society columnist Helen Wells. The photo above is from her 1969 retirement party held at Marie Anderson’s house. A Google News search revealed that she was also a longtime society editor at the Miami News. The above 1952 clip noted that she did club work in Washington D.C. prior to coming to Miami. It also noted that she served as a Gray Lady for the Red Cross during World War II. Here is an interesting online exhibit about the Gray Ladies. Wells died of a fire in her home in Coral Gables in March of…
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Women’s History Month: Eleanor Hart
Today’s post for day five of Women’s History Month is another member of the Miami Herald’s women’s pages: columnist Eleanor Ratelle who wrote under the name “Eleanor Hart.” Eleanor’s papers are at the HistoryMiami Archives. They include several of Eleanor’s scrapbooks with entries from “A Column With Heart.” The advice column ran in the women’s section of the Miami Herald in the 1950s and 1960s. One of her most direct address to gender roles was in relation to an October 5, 1966 from reader, C.M.R. He identified himself as the husband of a stay-at-home wife with six children. He wrote: “I read the series by Lois Benjamin about the so-called…
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Women’s History Month: Roberta Applegate
For the fourth day of Women’s History Month, I am continuing to focus on Miami Herald women’s page journalists: club editor Roberta Applegate. She highlighted the important work that women’s clubs were doing as Miami grew. She left the Herald in 1964 to become a journalism professor at Kansas State University where she taught about women’s page reporting. Prior to working at the Herald, she was a reporter for the Associated Press in Michigan. A few years ago, I nominated her for the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. I was happy that she was accepted. This is me speaking at the induction ceremony for Roberta. Here is my article about…
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Women’s History Month: Marie Anderson
Marie Anderson was a groundbreaking women’s page editor at the Miami Herald. She was mentored by Dorothy Jurney who I blogged about yesterday. In this photo, Marie (wearing the glasses) is speaking with club editor Roberta Applegate. Marie won so many Penney-Missouri Awards (the top recognition for women’s pages) during the 1960s that she was retired from the competition. She was a leader in the women’s page community. Marie was interviewed for the Washington Press Club Foundation’s “Women in Journalism” oral history project. She was beginning to lose her memory and the interview does not provide much detail about her career. Her papers are part of the National Women &…
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Women’s History Month: Dorothy Jurney
Day two of Women’s History Month features Dorothy Jurney who was known as the godmother of the women’s pages. She is pictured above without glasses (The woman in the glasses is Marie Anderson – I will blog about her tomorrow.) Jurney was a groundbreaking women’s page editor who encouraged other editors to improve the content of their sections. Like Marjorie who I blogged about yesterday, Dorothy worked on the hard news side during World War II and as forced back to the women’s pages in peacetime. In 1950, she revolutionized the women’s pages of the Miami Herald and mentored Marie Anderson to take her place. Below are some resources about…
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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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