Not All Brides Are Wealthy

and White: Integration of the

Women’s Pages in 1960s

Florida and Across the

Country

By Kimberly Wilmot Voss, PhD, Associate Professor

University of Central Florida

Florida Conference of Historians, 2013

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Women's Page Content

• Four Fs

• Women's Clubs

• Wedding/engagements

• Progressive news

Florida's Women's Pages

• Top honors

• Strong network

• Forward-thinking top

editors/owners

Bridal coverage

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Coverage

• Race

• Wealth

"Not All Brides Are Beautiful"

Charlotte Curtis

Louisville Courier Journal

Carol Sutton

Dallas Times Herald

Vivian

Castleberry

Louisville Courier Journal

Carol Sutton

Milwaukee Journal

Colleen "Koky" Dishon

St. Petersburg Times/Evening

Anne Rowe

Fort Lauderdale News

How did change happen?

• Open minded editors

• Deception

• Negotiation