Template:Did you know nominations/Marjorie Paxson
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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:18, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
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Marjorie Paxson[edit]
- ... that Marjorie Paxson was twice demoted and replaced by a male editor when two different newspapers replaced their women’s sections with features sections? Source: “We were not considered capable of directing this new kind of features section. That was man's work...it happened to me – not once, but twice. On the St. Pete Times, the change was made…and I ended up the No. 3 person in the new setup…the Bulletin abolished its women’s section for a Focus section with a male editor.” here p44
Created by Valereee (talk). Self-nominated at 18:53, 17 March 2019 (UTC).
Too irresistible a hook to pass by! Article is long enough, nominated well within time, appears to be well written and uses adequate inline citations. The facts of the eye-grabbing hook are contained in the "Women's movement" section (on the basis that the Women's movement caused Women's sections to disappear from newspapers?), the book source doesn't seem to be available online so the quote provided is taken in good faith. QPQ has been done. I'd say good to go! Sionk (talk) 23:23, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
- Sionk, thank you for the review! Weird that the google book doesn't show up for you, page 44 is available for me. Glad you found the hook irresistible! :) Yes, the women's movement is definitely partly culpable for the demise of women's sections, and so indirectly for the firing/demotion of Paxson and other women editors, but I've just recently found in an academic source a statement making that point explicitly which I'm trying to figure out how to work in. --valereee (talk) 13:20, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
- This DYK needs bumping on to the next stage so it doesn't miss Women's History Month. Sionk (talk) 13:23, 19 March 2019 (UTC)