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. |
Contents
ONE The Background | 3 |
TWO Society Girl | 22 |
THREE Acquiring the Post | 49 |
FOUR Media Adventures | 67 |
SIX Transition Time | 105 |
SEVEN Finding Her Way | 111 |
EIGHT The Fabulous Fifties | 138 |
NINE Charges and Countercharges | 151 |
TWENTY The Rise of the New Left | 305 |
TWENTYONE Blacks vs Jews | 323 |
TWENTYTWO The Candy Store | 338 |
TWENTYTHREE The Young Turks | 350 |
TWENTYFOUR The Worst of Times | 369 |
TWENTYFIVE The Man from Oz | 389 |
TWENTYSIX Thereafter | 414 |
Notes | 443 |
ELEVEN Party Politics | 181 |
TWELVE Protecting the Little Guy | 193 |
SIXTEEN Alone Again | 241 |
SEVENTEEN Changing the Guard | 253 |
Bibliography | 479 |
Acknowledgments | 485 |