Joan Riddell Cook
Joan Riddell Cook | |
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Born | January 5, 1922 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Died | February 5, 1995 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | American journalist, editor, union leader |
Notable credit(s) | The New York Times, The Detroit News, New York Herald-Tribune, Minneapolis Star Tribune |
Joan Riddell Cook (January 5, 1922 in Portland, Oregon – February 5, 1995[1] in New York City) was an American newspaper journalist and editor, a trade union leader, and a founding director of JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium). Cook died of breast cancer in 1995 in New York City.[citation needed]
Background[]
Joan Ridell Cook was a 1939 graduate of Marlborough School, a prestigious all-girls day and boarding school in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Career[]
Cook started her career at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She later left and started working at the New York Herald Tribune. Cook later worked for two years as women's editor at The Detroit News.[citation needed]
New York Times[]
Cook eventually started working for The New York Times in 1959, where she worked until her retirement in 1991. She was one of seven named plaintiffs in a class action Title VII sex discrimination lawsuit against The Times that was filed in 1974. Cook served as head of The Times unit of the New York City Newspaper Guild labor union and was only the second woman ever elected to the post. Cook also served as president of the Silurians, which is the oldest press club in New York.[citation needed]
Journalism and Women Symposium[]
Cook first joined JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium) in 1989 and became a member of the first board of directors.[citation needed]
Death[]
Cook died on February 5, 1995, in New York City.[citation needed]
Legacy[]
Cook appears by name in The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and the New York Times by author Nan C. Robertson and A Place in the News: From the Women's Pages to the Front Page by[citation needed]
Joan Cook Scholarship Fund[]
After her death, JAWS created the Joan Cook Scholarship Fund in her honor. It provides yearly grants to young women through JAWS.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "Joan R. Cook, 73, Reporter for Times." The New York Times, February 6, 1995
External links[]
- 1922 births
- 1995 deaths
- Journalists from Portland, Oregon
- Star Tribune people
- New York Herald Tribune people
- The Detroit News people
- The New York Times editors
- American newspaper editors
- Leaders of American trade unions
- Deaths from breast cancer
- Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
- Women newspaper editors
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American journalists