Washington's Golden Age: Hope Ridings Miller, the Society Beat, and the Rise of Women Journalists

During the New Deal and World War II, Hope Ridings Miller was a pioneering woman journalist in Washington, covering politics, diplomacy, and society. She was the only woman on the city desk and later had a nationally syndicated column. Dalton's book chronicles her career, including her time as editor of Diplomat Magazine and her three books about Washington life.

Format: Hardback
Length: 264 pages
Publication date: 01 December 2018
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Even in the days before the internet, real news spread quickly. Washington elites sought Hope Ridings Millers column in the Washington Post during the New Deal and World War II to get a glimpse of what was really happening in the city. Cocktail parties, embassy receptions, and formal dinners were her beat as society editor. "I went as a guest," Miller said, "and hoped they'd forget I was a reporter."

In Washington's Golden Age, Joseph Dalton chronicles the life of this pioneering woman journalist who covered the powerful vortex of politics, diplomacy, and society during a career that spanned from FDR to LBJ. After joining the Post staff, she was the only woman on the city desk. Later, she had a nationally syndicated column. For ten years, she edited Diplomat Magazine and then wrote three books about Washington life.

Once a girl from a small town in Texas, Miller created a web of connections at the highest levels. Dalton takes readers inside the Capitals regal mansions, the hushed halls of Congress, and the Posts smoky and manly newsroom to rediscover an earlier era of gentility and discretion now relegated to the distant past.

Weight: 566g
Dimension: 161 x 236 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781538116142