Women's Page Focus
It was great to read this post about women's page journalism - and my books in Choice.
View ArticleNew MSD & Department Store Image
I came across this great image of Marjory Stoneman Douglas (she started her career in the women's pages) in 1947 in a Miami department store. I will be using it in my talk at the Florida Conference of...
View ArticleWriting Women into the Curriculum
I enjoyed my teaching talk about history and time in Daytona Beach. It was beautiful.
View ArticleFood Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
I was happy to get an acceptance for presentation about Ohio food editors for the 2020 Food Studies Conference.The Golden Era of Newspaper Food JournalismQuestions about cooking? Lost a cherished...
View ArticleNew York Fashion Editor Eugenia Sheppard
Artist Andy Warhol said that Eugenia Sheppard created fashion + gossip. She was a fashion journalism pioneer. I am working on a paper about her career.
View ArticleMarjoirie Paxson Papers & Fashion Coverage
Women's page editor turned publisher Marjorie Paxson's papers have revealed a great deal about newspaper fashion industry. I was amazed to see how often the fashion editors traveled to cover fashion...
View ArticleFashion Coverage at the Arizona Republic
Love these fashion pages from the Arizona Republic - overseen by women's page editor Maggie Savoy.
View ArticleFashion Editor Richard Cobb
The only newspaper male fashion editor I found was Richard Cobb.
View ArticleFashion Writers Marian Christy & Bobbi McCallum
Love this images of fashion journalists Marian Christy and Bobbi McCallum. (Marian is seated.)The photo was taken at a Penney-Missouri Awards ceremony.
View ArticleNew Fashion Journalism Clip
I was happy to find a new fashion journalism clip. Work on the book continues ...
View ArticleGreen Bean Casserole & Food Editor Cecily Brownstone
Cecily Brownstone was the longtime food editor at the Associated Press who is include in The Food Section: Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community. I think of her every Thanksgiving because of her...
View ArticleChicago Tribune Beauty Editor Eleanor Nagle
Eleanor Nangle was a director of fashion and beauty for The Tribune and an employee of the newspaper for 45 years.Nangle worked for The Tribune from 1926 until she retired in 1971. During that time she...
View ArticleDenver Fashion Editor Gretchen Weber
Gretchen Weber was the longtime fashion editor at the Denver Post. She often went only by her first name "Gretchen."She was born in Boulder on December 1, 1901, to Adam Weber, a barber shop proprietor,...
View ArticleLos Angeles Fashion Editor Fay Hammond
Fay Hammond was a fashion editor of the Los Angeles Times for more than two decades. She retired in 1969. A native of California, Miss Hammond came to The Times in 1940, became a fashion writer and...
View ArticleFashion editor Freddye Scarborough Henderson
Freddye Scarborough Henderson (1917–2007) was an American business woman and travel agent known for pioneering travel agencies geared towards African-Americans. Henderson was born in Franklinton,...
View ArticleFashion Editor Mary Alice Bookhart
Mary Alice Bookhart was from Little Rock, Arkansas. Her first job was as a reporter at the Pine Bluff Graphic. In 1942 she joined the Clarion-Ledger where she worked as the women’s page editor and the...
View ArticleSan Antonio fashion journalism history
I found a collection of great fashion journalism history clips from the San Antonio newspaper.
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