Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Beth Campbell Short, 1987
Creator: | Short, Beth Campbell, 1908-1988 | Project: | Washington Press Club women in journalism oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript: 81 pages Sound recording: 5 sound cassettes Videorecording: 2 videocassettes | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteJournalist
Scope and ContentsChildhood in Oklahoma: influence of mother on career; B.A., Christian College, Columbia, Missouri; graduate studies in journalism m, University of Oklahoma, 1929; general assignment reporter, religion editor, Springfield (Missouri) Leader; feature reporter, Daily Oklahoman: reputation as "stunt girl" reporter and columnist, fiction writing for the feature page, reflections on exploits of women journalists in the 1930s; Associated Press [AP], Washington, D.C., 1936-: coverage of Eleanor Roosevelt
Marriage to AP reporter Joseph Short, rivalries within Washington, D.C. Press Corps; Gridiron Club, Women's National Press Club; restrictions on women journalists; recollections of friends and colleagues
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Washington Press Club Foundation, 1988
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