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Women's Clubs, Advertising & Wearing White Gloves
This morning I am revising an AEJMC conference paper that was called: "Mad Men and Reasonable Women: Selling Bras Rather Than Burning Them."I am focusing on how women were making some inroads in 1960s...
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The Importance of Weddings Coverage
I loved this New York Times wedding story from yesterday that is getting a lot of buzz. From the story: "The bride, 97, is keeping her name."While often overlooked as soft news, wedding stories can...
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National Women & Media Collection
I was so excited to see this update to the National Women & Media Collection. It includes biographies of several great women's page editors as well as some images I had never seen before.This is an...
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Food Editor Virginia Heffington Fights with Liberace
In doing some research about newspaper food editor Virginia Heffington, I came across this funny clip about a fight she had with Liberace.According to the article, Heffington said: "I think we should...
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Day One: Women's Page History in 7 Objects
I just read about this cool history project - Seattle History in 25 Objects. In that spirit, I am blogging about seven objects in women's page history for the next week.Today, it is the typewriter....
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Day Two: Women's Page History in 7 Objects
Day Two of Women's Page History in Seven Object - is the telephone. The above phone was a Christmas present this year. It was found in an antique store in Cocoa Beach.The women's page reporter on the...
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Day Three: Women's Page History in 7 Objects
For day three of Women's Page History in 7 Objects - the item is white gloves. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was expected that the women's page journalist would wear white gloves when out on assignment....
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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...
View ArticleMedia's Coverage of the Pillbury Bake-Off
This is great background for the book chapter I am writing about the intersection between food advertisers and food editors. The Pillsbury Bake-Off was often newsworthy but some editors were worried...
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Day Five: Women's Page History in 7 Objects
The fifth object that represents the women's pages is a reporter's notebook.The women's page journalist with her reporter's notebook is Bobbi McCallum.The most amazing reporter's notebook from a...
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Day Six: Women's Page History in 7 Objects
The sixth object representing women's pages is a cookbook. Most newspapers put out a cookbook at some point. Sometimes the books were a creation of the newspaper's food editor, such as the Arizona...
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Day Seven: Women's Page History in 7 Objects
The seventh object that represents the women's page is a quilt.Most of journalism history considers the content of women's pages to be soft news. Yet, a closer examination of the women's sections in...
View ArticleGrocery Stores, Advertising & Food Journalism
Watch CBS News Videos OnlineI am now studying the history of grocery stores. These stores provided much of the advertising for women’s pages in newspapers.Here is an interesting story about the history...
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Orlando Chili Cook-Off
Today we went to the Orlando Chili Cook-Off.I have been looking into these cook-offs for the food journalism book that I am writing. These competitions followed the beginning of the Pillsbury Bake-Offs...
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Clementine Paddleford Clips
I recently came across this clip written by New York Herald Tribune food writer Clementine Paddleford. Here is a great article about Clementine.Her papers are at Kansas State University.Her writing had...
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Julia Child Speaks to Food Editors
I just came across this great image of Julia Child. She is speaking on taking the mystery out of fine French seafood cookery, in New York, October 5, 1964, before the Newspaper Food Editors Conference,...
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Great Image of Food Editor Jeanne Voltz
I love this great image of Food Editor Jeanne Voltz. She is getting ready to fly with USN Blue Angels, Miami, 1956. I noticed the image on her daughter Jeanne's Facebook page and I appreciate her...
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Happy First Ladies' Day
Rather than celebrating President's Day, we are celebrating the First Ladies. The First Ladies were often featured in the women's pages of newspapers. The above clip features a story about Mrs. Nixon...
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CJR Article About The Women's Pages
I love this article from the Columbia Journalism Review about the women's pages that was posted today.Here is a portion of it:“They were women talking to women, making issues relevant so that women...
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Fiftieth Anniversary of The Feminine Mystique
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Feminine Mystique.The groundbreaking book was often reviewed in the women's pages of newspapers rather than the book section. Some critics have noted...
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