The Lady Upstairs: Dorothy Schiff and the New York PostThe Lady Upstairs is the dramatic story of Dorothy Schiff---liberal activist, society stalwart, and the most dynamic female newspaper publisher of her day. From 1939 until 1976 she owned and guided the New York Post, the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the United States. Dolly, as she was called, made the Post one of the most dedicated supporters of New Deal liberalism in the country, while simultaneously maintaining its distinct personality as a chatty, parochial, New York tabloid. |
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... believed that Adele's parents had pushed her to marry because of Morti's family's wealth and prestige, and that after thebirth of John—the requisite son and heir—Adele and Morti, though still living underthesameroof and appearing ...
... his friend Lillian Wald, was very positive about the immigrants' potential.He believed that the mostly Orthodox newcomers—manyof them barelyliterate even in Hebrew—could be educated and secularized. With skills and jobs they would.
... believed that religion gave moral fiber and stabilityto the community but that religious practice should accommodate itself to the society around it and should keep upwith the times.High on Schiff'sagenda for the new Jewish Theological ...
... believed, as was the persistent calumny—revived by Pat Robertson inthe 1970s—that Jacob Schiffhad financed the Russian Revolution. Henry Ford'santiSemitic newspaper, the Dearborn Independent, gave credence to the most scurrilous of ...
... believed, Dorothywas unattractive andawkward. Not everyone agreed. Soon after Dorothy's “season” beganin November 1921,she was one of the debs who served attheannual HorseShow tearoom. The society columnist of The NewYork Times covering ...
Contents
FOUR Media Adventures | |
FIVE Teds Tenure | |
SIX Transition Time SEVEN | |
NINE Charges and Countercharges | |
TEN I Got Married | |
ELEVEN Party Politics | |
SEVENTEEN Changing the Guard | |
NINETEEN Planning for the Future | |
Cloudsonthe Horizon TWENTY The Riseofthe New Left TWENTYONE Blacks vs Jews | |
TWENTYTHREE The Young Turks | |
TWENTYFOUR The WorstofTimes | |
TWENTYFIVE The Man from | |
TWENTYSIX Thereafter Notes | |
Acknowledgments | |
TWELVE Protecting the LittleGuy | |
FOURTEEN Bringing Down the Titans | |
Copyright | |