The daily Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-09

s her own stories has made for MAI
t guerite Martyr Of st. Louis a plac
I which few can fill. Her illustration
$ have been followed day by day by tn
many who admire her art. To find n
T illustration with her familiar scraw
below it brings regret. She learne
her newspaper style by experienc an
, is a firm advocate of memory worl
, rather than the notebook method TO
the interviewer. She has found tina
the secret of successful interviewing
is to listen attentively rather than Il
do all the talking.
While Kansas City and st. JOSEPH
have not the large number of womer
writers which St Louis can lay claim
to, Alice Mary Kimball Godfrey of the
Kansas City Star and Amy Armstrong
formerly of the Kansas City Post, are
two of the best known. Both have
shown to doubters that a woman has
the same ability to get news and to
write it as a man.
Ella Heininger, the children's writ
er for the st. Joseph News-Press. is
loved not only by the little ones but
the grown-ups as we'll. Hazel Rex and
Mrs. Carrie Burton are other journa-
lists of st. Joseph.
Among the feature writer's of Mis-
souri, cities who have not already been
mentioned are Mrs. Hannah Pittam
amelia Moore, Val Jones, Emily Alcott,
Laura Fowler. Katherine Richardson.
Irene McLagan and Frances ScovelI.
all OF St Louis. Miss Julia Under
wood is writer of the religious de-
partment of the St Louis Globe DEM
ocrat. Laura Fowler of st. Joseph is
part editor of the Catholic Tribune.
The literary editor of the National
Magazine, NJ. Genevieve Hook. is al
SO Missouri girl All these are CIV
ing Missouri high place in the news
paper and magazine world.
smaller Towns Have Them, Too.
Although the writer's for the civ
newspapers of Missouri are best
known to the public, this does not
mean that their influence can be wider
or more pronounced than that of the
women journalists of Missouri's small
er cities and towns. Scattered all oy-
er the state are women as necessary
parts of the thriving newspaper Of
flee. Some are society editors: some
reporters and feature writer's: one
other a city editor on a small daily. |
Several graduates of the School of |
Journalism of the University are in
cluded in this number.
AS an important factor in moulding
Missouri opinion comes the woman
country editor Women's names are
to be found at the head of many coun-
try newspapers of the state. Many a
woman is directing the policy of a
little paper, Strengthening its influence
in the community and aiding the COM
munity to become an influence on
neighboring communities.
Twenty Women Editors Here.
Perhaps no other middle western
state has SO many women editors.
twenty are included in this number.
Their competition is entirely with
men. AS the policy of their papers
how, the independent spirit of the day
dominant. Women are keeping
heir newspapers out of partisan pol
tics and basing editorial policy en-
lrely upon the good to the commun-
ty and to society. AS executives and
managers, these women of Missouri
re successful. The long time many
+ them have been in the work proves
his.
Missouri's women editors and their
ewspapers include the following:
Oily Frost, Vandalia Leader; Mrs
,nna Bysfield, Rocheport Progress:
,uby Hills, Wayland News: Mrs. #