Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Diane C. DuBay

Titles: Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Diane C. DuBay (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Diane worked for Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. (MWP) between 1985 and 1989 on the editorial staff. She was a legislative reporter and the News Notes editor. She was also the initial person to begin contacting large companies for employment ads. Her educational background was in journalism, and she had a variety of jobs both before and after her employment at MWP, including writer, office worker, stenographer, congressional secretary, and family mainstay. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Sources utilized in developing News Notes; her work with Minnesota Women's Consortium; differences between MWP newspaper and mainstream press; important stories that she worked on; problems experienced in developing articles on sexual assault; inspiration for and results of cold calls made on employment ads; influence of editorial staff on newspaper; description of researching story on Tony Stone, first female baseball player; culture at MWP; informational impact of MWP.

Dates

• 08/17/1999 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: DuBay, Diane C.
• interviewer: Brewer, Kathryn Balstad

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 75
• Accession Number: AV2001.34.10

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Women's Press, Inc. Oral History Project' <OH 75>

Quantity: 1.5 hours sound cassette 16 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

How can we help?

• Help / About Collections Online
• Learn about the Collections
• Contact the Gale Family Library for help with research, orders, and use/licensing
• Have feedback or comments on the new Collections Online system? Please fill in the Collections Online Feedback Form.