Exploring the Fourth F of the Women’s Pages: Furnishings in the 1950s and 1960s

For decades, the women’s pages of American newspapers were the only places for women journalists to work. These sections focused soft news including furnishings. While other aspects of the women’s pages have been examined, furnishings have been largely overlooked. This scholarship adds to the journalism history record about women’s journalism in the post-World War II years.