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Vivian Castleberry

Challenging the Traditions of Women’s Roles, Newspaper Content, and Community Politics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Considered by some as the most important woman in Dallas in the latter half of the 20th century, Vivian Castleberry was a force for women, nationally and internationally. In shining a light on her career, more becomes known about her fights and her victories. Through this book, historians can better understand that the relationship of the women’s pages to the women’s movement between the 1950s and '70s was more complex than previously explored. Known as the “godmother” of the Dallas women’s movement, Vivian was a trailblazer. Yet, she was also a mother of five daughters at a time when working outside the home was still being challenged, and that was an experience many middle-class women struggled with. Her role in the public sphere meant she often told the stories of others. This book is her story.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-20
Mått157 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt386 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieWomen in American Political History
Antal sidor138
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793650146

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: An Introduction to the Women’s PagesChapter 2: Childhood and CollegeChapter 3: Marriage and ChildrenChapter 4: Career at the Dallas Times HeraldChapter 5: Covering the Kennedy AssassinationChapter 6: Intersection with the Women’s Liberation MovementChapter 7: Continued Expansion of Women’s NewsChapter 8: (Not Really) RetirementBibliographyAbout the Author

This biography thoroughly captures telling moments of how women's editor, Vivian Castleberry, elevated her newspaper's women's section to be taken as seriously as the other news pages. But Castleberry's noted endeavors in journalism are not only for journalism scholars to appreciate. The full story of Vivian Castleberry is for anyone who seeks to be wise to the challenges that Castleberry faced — in her career as a female professional, in her personal life as a working wife and mother, and in her community as a beacon of light in her advocacy for women in society. Through her examination of and interactions with Castleberry, Kimberly Wilmot Voss allows the reader to recognize moments that we also might have experienced, feeling empowered ourselves.