Washington's golden age : Hope Ridings Miller, the society beat, and the rise of women journalists / Joseph Dalton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalton, Joseph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Hope Ridings.

Women journalists--United States--Biography.

Women journalists.

Women periodical editors.

United States.

Women periodical editors--United States--Biography.

Bonham (Tex.)--Biography.

Bonham (Tex.).

Sherman (Tex.)--Biography.

Sherman (Tex.).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 233 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.

Summary:

"Real news traveled fast, even in the days before internet connections. During the New Deal and World War II, Washington elites turned to Hope Ridings Miller's column in the Washington Post to see what was really going on in town. Cocktail parties, embassy receptions and formal dinners were her beat as society editor. "I went as a guest," said Miller, "and hoped that they'd forget I was a reporter." In Washington's Golden Age, Joseph Dalton chronicles the life of this pioneering woman journalist who covered the powerful vortex of politics, diplomacy, and society during a career that stretched from FDR to LBJ. After joining the Post staff, she was the only woman on the city desk. Later she had a nationally syndicated column. For ten years she edited Diplomat Magazine and then wrote three books about Washington life. Once a girl from a small town in Texas, Miller created a web of connections at the highest levels. In Washington's Golden Age, Dalton escorts readers inside the Capital's regal mansions, the hushed halls of Congress, and the Post's smoky and manly newsroom to rediscover an earlier era of gentility and discretion now relegated to the distant past."-- provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Coffee Mill Creek p. 1

2 City Desk p. 19

3 Society Editor p. 31

4 Presiding Officer p. 49

5 The Royal Visit p. 57

6 Clouds of War p. 65

7 Power and Celebrity p. 73

8 Times Being What They Are p. 89

9 For the Duration p. 103

10 Road to a Better Mousetrap p. 115

11 After the Post p. 125

12 Diplomat Magazine p. 143

13 Crossing the New Frontier p. 153

14 Great Society p. 163

15 Author, Author, Author p. 173

16 The Sulgrave Club p. 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version: Dalton, Joseph. Washington's golden age.

ISBN:

9781538116142

1538116146

OCLC:

1019922695