A blog devoted to women's page editors, with an emphasis on the work of fashion and food editors, beginning during World War II through the early 1970s. It documents the quilted news that the women created: a mix of hard and soft news. It also explores the women's pages association with advertising and public relations. Scholarship: http://ucf.academia.edu/KimberlyVoss
Monday, February 4, 2013
Day Four: Women's Page History in 7 Objects
Wine glasses represent the women's page for day four. While these journalists took on hard news topics like child abuse, pay inequity and discrimination, they also liked to have fun. In this oral history, longtime women's page editor Marjorie Paxson spoke about parties at the home of the St. Pete Times' food editor Ruth Gray.
The image above is of Miami Herald women's page editor Marie Anderson and Miami News women's page editor Billie O'Day. They are in a Missouri hotel room during the Penney-Missouri Awards' workshop. Note all the liquor bottles on the counter.
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