The story of the National Federation of Press Women began when Helen Miller Malloch had a vision for a national organization comprised of professional newspaperwomen and writers in 1935, similar to the vision Marion MacBride of the Boston Post had as the press commissioner for the 1884 World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial in New Orleans, La. With Helen as its president, the Illinois Woman’s Press Association was interested in getting copyright legislation through Congress. With advances in radio, it became obvious to Helen state groups of women writers needed to band together for mutual benefits and legal protection for compensation … Continue reading Release date August 24, 2013

Marianne has won awards by the Illinois Woman’s Press Association in the 2012 Mate E. Palmer Professional Communications Contest. First Place in the Brochure, Four-Color Print category and Second Place in Internal Communications category. Her latest short-story, “Missing” has been published in “Deep Waters”,the 2012 anthology published by Outrider Press, Inc. in affiliation with the TallGrass Writers Guild. “Deep Waters,” features poetry, short fiction and creative non-fiction from across the nation. It is the 16th annual anthology in Outrider’s acclaimed “black-and-white” series, named for their signature covers, all designed in black and white. Continue reading Marianne has won awards

The tidy storefront in the part of Joliet that used to be known as Slovenian Row is one of the long-standing symbols of a hearty Slovenian community in the southwest suburbs. The complete article can be viewed here Continue reading Slovenian influence found in southwest suburbs