The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06
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we, The Women By Ruth MiIlett Adjudged Best Column l11 Field
By NEA Service

New York, Feb. 6.-Ruth Millett, author of the daily Column-"We, The Women"-written for NEA Ser vice and The Waterbury Democrat has been awarded the annual prize of the New York Newspaper Women's club for the best column of critical comment and opinion.
 The award, $1O0, was presented by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the clubs annual Front Page ball. It was made on the basis of the general su- periority of the column during 1889, and not for any single one of Miss Millett's daily articles.
 Miss Millett's column was selected as the best of its kind in competition with entries from other woman news paper writers. At the same time three other similar awards were made in other classifications. HELEN WORDEN
 ALSO IGNORED
 Helen Worden, New York World Telegram society writer and star NEA serial author and special writer, was named for the best column in a woman's specialized field. Miss Sonia Tomara of the New York Herald Tribune was cited for her work in covering the Polish blitzkrieg. Vir- ginia Pope was named for her work as fashion editor of the New York Times.
 More than 200 articles were entered in the competition. Judges were Will liam Ludlow Chenery, editor of Col Hers, Rita Weiman, Charles Hanson Towne, Christopher Morley and Gen. evieve Forbes Herrick.
 The award comes to Miss Millett after three years with NEA Service which launched her column, we, The Women," in 1887.
 COLUMN BASED ON
 FEMININE UNDERSTANDING
 Miss Millett is the youngest col- umnist of her standing in newspaper ing. She was graduated from the University of Iowa in 1884. But she brings to her daily column a wealth of experience making it one of the most popular for women ever written.
 She is Texan by birth. Her home is in Memphis, Tenn.
 For the first two years following her graduation she was a member of the faculty of Northwest Missouri State Teachers College. For a time she was dean of women. She received here the superb understanding of feminine problems which she reflects in we, The Women" She taught a course in freshman orientation, designed to prepare stu dents for the problems of the day. Writing now for hundreds of NEA newspapers she is carrying out the same program for millions of Amer ican women who seek her advice about eevry conceivable feminine problem.
 As result of her work in this field she prepaerd, with Margaret Steph- enson of the University of Oklahoma a booklet, "As Others Like You" It sold 5000 copies the first year out. Later Miss Millett wrote similar guides for high school and junior students and 8 radio program, "Se- crets of Happiness"
 FrankneSs and youthful viewpoint distinguished Miss Millett's work. She draws much of her material from the real-life experiences of the day. BELIEVES IN FUTURE
 OF AMERICAN YOUTH
 Miss Millett is not pessimistic about American youth. She finds them better than they're pictured But she knows their weaknesses and when she sees one she calls a spade a spade.
 Miss Millett likes tennis, stray dogs and brand new hats.
 She likes the challenge of her daily column best.
 Helen Worden, who started work on the old World in 1926, is one of MEAS star serial writers. Her first story for NEA was Date With Dan- ger," inside drama of the society un- derworld in Gotham. Now running is her Captains Daughter drama tic story of a New York barge girls life.
 Recently, as special writer for NEA, she wrote 8 series on the TO- mances of Manhattan cafe society as a woman reporter sees them.
 Marian Young, another NEA Ser vice and Waterbury Democrat col- umnist and special feature writer, won an award in the New York Women's competition two years ago
 NOTE-FOllOw The Democrat daily for Miss Millett's column, ''WE THE WOMEN" which appears regularly on this page.