Women’s Pages Cover Another F

Voss, Kimberly Wilmot

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Kimberly Wilmot Voss²

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Abstract

While traditional homemaking news clearly existed in the women’s pages, progressive news about women’s changing roles also found its place in these sections. Feminism was a process for both editors and readers. The term could be complex for many people. Women’s changing roles impacted the workplace, families, and homemaking. These issues were commonly ignored or misunderstood by male editors, which meant it rested with the women’s page editors to find ways to address these developments while not alienating those women who wanted to remain in the home.

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3.
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49.
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50.
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54.
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62.
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66.
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67.
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68.
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71.
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72.
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73.
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74.
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76.
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78.
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82.
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89.
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Voss, K.W. (2018). Women’s Pages Cover Another F. In: Re-Evaluating Women's Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96214-6_5

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