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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... dinner party separated afterthemeal. “The women,” she told one interviewer, “went tothe drawing room and talked about clothes, food, babies' diets, and housekeeping. The men wentto thesmoking room, where I was alwayssure they were ...
... dinner.Frieda's family treasuredthe ceremony. “He followed the ancientcustom of blessing his children each Friday ... dinners intermittently into their teens, preserved the same warm memoriesof those events. Dolly's memories ofthe ...
... , no matter how blustery the weather. They ate dinner with staff members inthe breakfast room, then quickly said good night before their parentswent outfortheevening. Soon after the children went to bed, the night nurse.
... ” andcited Dorothyas a notable beauty. She was developing into a goodlooking young woman—darkhaired, fair skinned, blueeyed, slim, ofmediumheight, proudof her shapely legs. The season was a whirl of private dinners, luncheons, tea.
... dinners, luncheons, tea dances, formal balls, and amateur theatricals. One of the grandest events was given in honor of Dorothy's Brearley friend Ellin Mackay, whose father hosted more than seven hundred guests at an elaborate ball ...
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 | |