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Erma Bombeck Heads for the Geva Stage
As rehearsals continue for Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s Endwritten by Margaret Engle and Allison Engle, I find myself not only relishing the script, but thinking about how much has changed for women in print. Erma Bombeck shared her voice in a nationally syndicated column, and now as her words come onto the stage, how fitting that none other than Rochester’s own Pam Sherman, columnist for the Democrat and Chronicle, fill her shoes to tell the tale.
Erma Bombeck pioneered a change in the way that women’s voices could be heard. Thinking of the legacy she left behind, I began to think of other females who have been able to change the power women have in print. This led me to former owner and publisher of The Washington Post, Katharine Graham.
Graham came to be president of the Post following the death of her husband. During her time as a publisher, it was she who made the call to publish the Pentagon Papers in the Post in These
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Erma Bombeck: Dayton&#;s Famous Funny Lady
Remembering Erma Bombeck - born 97 years ago today
One of Dayton’s most beloved natives was born Erma Louise Fiste on February 21, Erma was a voracious reader and eager student. She contributed to Emerson Junior High’s newspaper, The Owl, as well as to Patterson Vocational High Schools’ paper. At just fifteen, she got a job as a copygirl with the Dayton Herald. After 3 years as a copygirl, the Dayton Journal-Herald hired her as a full-time writer, producing mostly obituaries. Eager to attend college, after graduation in , Erma worked two full-time jobs to save money for college.
A year later, Erma enrolled at Ohio University. She struggled at OU, receiving rejections for every article she submitted to the school paper and barely passing first-semester freshman composition. What would she do with her life if she couldn’t write? Determined to prove herself, Erma enrolled at the University of Dayton. During her sophomore year at UD Brother
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Erma Bombeck: Feminist Housewife
When you think of Erma Bombeck, the word &#;feminist&#; probably doesn&#;t leap to mind. Instead, you might think of your mother&#;s well-worn copy of one of Bombeck&#;s ten bestsellers or a yellowed clipping of one of her syndicated newspaper columns stuck to your childhood fridge with a magnet. And, perhaps, that&#;s just as Bombeck would have wanted it, having made a career, as she did, out of lampooning her life as a suburban housewife. But Bombeck was in many ways a feminist. A working mother herself, she nevertheless believed that the women&#;s movement needed to utöka to include the voices of stay-at-home mothers. As she strove to balance her own career and family, she also worked tirelessly &#; if in vain &#; for the passage of the lika Rights Amendment.
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