Reminiscences of Edith Evans Asbury, 1990
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- Name
- Asbury, Edith Evans, 1910-2008 (Interviewee)
- Currie, Kathleen (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Edith Evans Asbury, 1990
- Abstract
- Childhood, early education, Cincinnati, Ohio; Western College, A.B., 1927-1929, University of Tennessee, M.A., 1933; Columbia University, post-graduate studies, 1945-47; opportunities for women during early thirties: Cincinnati Times-Star, women's department, 1929-30; Knoxville News-Sentinel, reporter: stories about the social programs to help people cope with the Depression, 1933-37; move to New Y ork City, 1937: difficulty in finding work; odd jobs: brief time at the New York Post, 1938; work for Associated Press during World War II, 1941-45; World Telegram and Sun, assistant editor, Women's News, 1950-52; New York Times, general assignment reporter, 1952-1981: coverage of politics, the courts, and housing scandals in New York; impact of award winning articles on New York adoption laws; three marriages; column in Maturity News Services
- Collection Name
- Washington Press Club women in journalism oral history collection
- Subjects
- Women journalists; Women in journalism--Employment opportunities--1930s; Reporters and reporting--Depressions--1930s--United States; Journalism--Awards; Reporters and reporting--Adoption--New York (State); Reporters and reporting--Politics and government--New York (State); Asbury, Edith Evans, 1910-2008
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1990
- Note (Biographical)
- Journalist
- Note
- Interviewed by Kathleen Currie on August 8 through August 11, 1988, and on October 15, 1990 (video)
- Note (Provenance)
- Washington Press Club Foundation, Gift, 1992
- Washington Press Club Foundation, Gift, 1993
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13687794
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/n6vr-a994
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.