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Chair of the AEJMC History Division
Happy to complete my term as the chair of the History Division of AEJMC. It has been great to be part of the leadership team for the past three years.
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More Than “Rations, Passions, and Fashions”: Re-Examining the Women's Pages...
The article Lance & I wrote about the Milwaukee Journal has been published in American Journalism: More Than “Rations, Passions, and Fashions”: Re-Examining the Women's Pages in the Milwaukee...
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Review of The Food Studies
I really enjoyed this review of The Food Section in the journal Women's Studies.
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Writing the Miami Food Book
Excited to be back at work on the Miami food book. It's great to look at the work of Miami Herald writers Marie Anderson and Marjorie Paxson - who is pictured above.
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Upcoming AJHA panel
Looking forward to being on this panel for the upcoming AJHA Conference in St. Petersburg. I will be talking about teaching journalism history classes online.
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On Wisconsin Mention of My Book
My upcoming 2017 book about women and politics is mentioned in this article in the University of Wisconsin Alumni Magazine, On Wisconsin. "Media and historians may focus on public protests for women’s...
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AJHA's Donna Allen Honoree Janet Keeler
I am looking forward to seeing Janet Keeler, former Tampa Bay Times food editor, at the AJHA Donna Allen lunch. Here is a link to the press release with a quote from me.The AJHA conference is in St....
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Miami-themed 1939 Menu
As I work on my Miami food book, I was thrilled to find this Miami-themed menu from 1939. It was found in the papers of newspaper food editor Clementine Paddleford. I appreciate the archivist at Kansas...
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Our American Journalism Article Officially Out
The article Lance & I wrote about the women's pages of the Milwaukee Journal has been published. It was great to tell the stories of so many important women - including Peggy Daum, Aileen Ryan and...
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AJHA Newsletter: My Anne Rowe Column
Looking forward to the AJHA conference in St. Petersburg next month. This is a column I wrote for AJHA about one of my favorite St. Pete journalists, Anne Rowe Goldman.
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Midwest Women & Politics Book Chapter
Happy to contribute a chapter to a book about Midwest Women and Politics - focusing on Kay Clarenbach. She is a significant part of my upcoming book about women and politics in the 1950s and 1960s.
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AJHA Donna Allen Speaker
It was my pleasure to introduce the AJHA Donna Allen speaker this year.Food editor and journalism educator Janet Keeler gave an excellent Donna Allen address at the AJHA conference in St. Petersburg.
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My Upcoming Book: Politicking Politely & Well-Behaved Women
I am finishing up the edits on my upcoming book, Politicking Politely: Well-Behaved Women Making a Difference in the 1960s and 1970s.My book focuses on 6 significant women. It includes the relatively...
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1972 NYT Article About Feminism
Thanks for the ILL staff at UCF for tracking down this great 1972 article about feminism that I will be using in my upcoming women and politics book.One source mentioned that a woman would never be...
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Upcoming Florida Food Talk: Tampa Cookbooks & Restaurants
I am looking forward to talking about Tampa food at the Tampa Bay History Center on Thursday as part of Florida Conversations – Taste & Traditions: Tampa’s Restaurants.I will be speaking about food...
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New Kay Clarenbach image
I just found this new Kay Clarenbach image from 1966.Kay had a great working relationship with the Wisconsin women's page editors. I went through her papers at the University of Wisconsin a few years ago.
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Rebels in White Gloves
I am really enjoying this book, Rebels in White Gloves which details the lives of women who were in Hillary's class at Wellesley College.There are several connections to the book I am writing about...
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Writing about Marie Anderson & Miami Herald
Editing my Politicking Politely book and thinking about the role of Marie Anderson and the women's pages of the Miami Herald. She truly made a difference for women - in Miami and across the country.
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Cecily Brownstone, Thanksgiving & the Green Bean Casserole
Cecily Brownstone was the longtime food editor at the Associated Press who is included in The Food Section: Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community. I think of her every Thanksgiving because of her...
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Happy Thanksgiving from Anna Maria Island
Happy Thanksgiving from Anna Maria Island. We are enjoying the beach & I am editing the Politicking Politely book.
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