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White House Fashion Show Memo
I am enjoying going through archival papers about the 1968 fashion show at the White House. It was covered by newspaper fashion editors across the country.
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Roxcy Bolton & Naming Hurricanes
With the hurricane approaching, I am re-sharing my article about Roxcy Bolton who fought to name hurricanes for both women and men.Roxcy's activism was often covered in the women's pages of the Miami...
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Houston Fashion Editor Judy Lunn
As I work on my newspaper fashion journalism book, I will be posting regularly about fashion editors. The first editor is July Lunn.Lunn was the fashion editor of the Houston Post. Fashion was part of...
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Washington Star Fashion Editor Eleni Epstein
Day two is Washington Star fashion editor Eleni Epstein. She was one of the most noticeable Washington, D.C., voices in translating fashion news in the post-World War II era through 1981.Epstein found...
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Milwaukee Fashion Editor Aileen Ryan
A favorite Milwaukee fashion journalist is the Milwaukee Journal's Aileen Ryan - a three-time Penney-Missouri Award winner. Each day this week will feature a Milwaukee Journal women's page...
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Detroit Fashion Editor Yvonne Petrie
A fashion editor I discovered this summer was Yvonne Petrie of the Detroit News. She started at the newspaper in 1953 and began covering fashion the next year. A native of Indiana, she attended the...
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Detroit Fashion Editor Marji Kuntz
Another fashion editor who I am interested in learning more about is Marji Kunz of Detroit - she worked for both newspapers in the city. The Detroit Free Press includes her in an article about the...
View ArticleChicago Fashion Editor Peg Zwecker
Embed from Getty ImagesPeg Zwecker was a longtime fashion editor at the Chicago Daily News and then the Chicago Sun Times. She hired Lois Wille as her assistant – Wille went on to win two Pulitzer...
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Dallas Fashion Editor Graydon Heartsill
A Dallas native, Graydon Heartsill earned a journalism degree from Southern Methodist University where she served as a campus correspondent for the Dallas Dispatch. After graduating in 1928, she began...
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Pittsburgh Fashion Editor Barbara Cloud
Today I am writing about Barbara Cloud - the late fashion editor several Pennsylvania newspapers, including the now-defunct Pittsburgh Press and the Post-Gazette. In a magazine profile she said:“Not...
View ArticleBetty Peach - San Diego fashion editor
Betty Peach was the longtime fashion editor at the San Diego newspaper - she also covered the city's zoo.From Peach's obituary:Longtime San Diego reporter, world traveler and private pilot, Betty...
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San Antonio Fashion Editor Mildred Whitaker
I found an archive with a photo of San Antonio Fashion Editor Mildred Whitaker. I am in search of examples of her reporting.
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San Antonio fashion journalism history
I found a collection of great fashion journalism history clips from the San Antonio newspaper.
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...
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Fashion 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,...
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Los 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...
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Denver 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,...
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Chicago 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...
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Green 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...
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