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Washington State University Press Pullman, Washington
title
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A Foot in the Door : The Reminiscences of Lucile Mc Donald
author
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McDonald, Lucile Saunders.; McDonald, Richard
publisher
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Washington State University Press
isbn10 | asin
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087422120X
print isbn13
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9780874221206
ebook isbn13
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9780585178448
language
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English
subject
McDonald, Lucile Saunders,--1898- , Women authors, American--20th century--Biography, Women journalists--United States--Biography, Children's stories--Authorship.
publication date
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1995
lcc
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PS3525.C437Z462 1995eb
ddc
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818/.5403
subject
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McDonald, Lucile Saunders,--1898- , Women authors, American--20th century--Biography, Women journalists--United States--Biography, Children's stories--Authorship.
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Washington State University Press, Pullman, Washington, 99164-5910
(c) 1995 by the Board of Regents of Washington State University All rights reserved First printing 1995
Printed and bound in the United States of America on pH neutral, acid free paper. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including recording, photocopying, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mc Donald, Lucile Saunders, 1898 A foot in the door : the reminiscences of Lucile Mc Donald / with Richard Mc Donald ; foreword by Lorraine McConaghy. p. cm. Includes a selection of Lucile Mc Donald's writings. Bibliography of works by Lucile Mc Donald: p. ISBN 0-87422-120-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Mc Donald, Lucile Saunders, 1898- . 2. Women authors, American20th centuryBiography. 3. Women journalists United StatesBiography. 4. Children's storiesAuthorship. I. Mc Donald, Richard, 1927 . II. Title. PS3525.C437Z462 1995 818.5403-dc20 [B] 95-18081 CIP
Washington State University Press Pullman, Washington 99164-5910 Phone:800-354-7360 FAX: 509-335-8568
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"Look, Lucile," he said, "you want to get your foot in the door of a newspaper and what does it matter how you do it? You can show them after you're there the stuff you're made of. Any job will answer right now." Judge John H. Stevenson, 1917 Advice to 18-year-old Lucile Mc Donald as she contemplated becoming a cashier with The Bend Bulletin.
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CONTENTS
Foreword
ix
Preface
xix
Part I: 1898-1932
1
Part II: 1942-1966
149
Part III: A Sampler of Lucile Mc Donald's Writing
259
Appendices
289
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FOREWORD
Lucile Saunders Mc Donald was one of the foremost American newspaperwomen of the twentieth century, as well as a successful writer of juvenile fiction and popular history. She was also a woman of deep and intriguing contradictions. Mc Donald was a dreamer with a strong practical streak, and a highly private person who came most alive in public print. In the flapper era of chic "girl reporters," Mc Donald was chubby and dowdy, awkward around the newsroom lotharios. Brusquely outspoken, she was nevertheless selfconscious and easily wounded. Her colleagues joked about her self-absorptionand she did talk about herself and her work obsessivelybut she was a generous mentor and teacher.
She was often disarmingly frank and full of fun, but she could also be harsh and cynical. She would sit up late at night, typing out patient replies to twelve-year-old admirers, but budgeted little time to family and friends. Extravagantly ambitious, she had a huge appetite for work but valued a wide readership far more than the approval of historians or other journalists. A lifelong professional writer, her prose nevertheless is at best workmanlike, at worst tiresome and mechanical. A reluctant feminist, an awkward leader, an irritable followerthis autobiography is the carefully crafted product of all these tensions.
More than a decade ago, Lucile Mc Donald was kind to me when I phoned to ask her help researching a local history topic. She made it plain that I was wasting my time in graduate school and should get an honest job. But she was clearly pleased that I was thoroughly familiar with her work. She invited me to her home and opened her files to me. I became one of her many acquaintances. Years passed, and we occasionally encountered one another at the archives. We didn't need to "catch up"all we knew about one another was our shared interest in local history, and that was
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enough. So, in the fall of 1991, I felt comfortable dashing off a note to her, suggesting that she publish an index to her newspaper articles on Washington state history. She replied promptly, inviting me to visit and discuss the project.
When I saw her, I was shocked at how pale and thin she was. It was clear that she was very ill, but she volunteered no information about her health. I hesitated to ask. We discussed the index and then she said, "I want you to take a look at something." She handed me a thick typescript of
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