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Zilpha Carruthers Franklin

Zilpha Mary Carruthers Franklin (September 1, 1897 – June 6, 1975) was an American writer, editor, and federal official. In 1943, she was named chief information officer of the Federal Security Agency, the first woman to hold that title at a federal agency.[1]

Zilpha Carruthers Franklin
A young fair-skinned woman with dark hair
Zilpha Carruthers Franklin, from a 1922 publication
Born
Zilpha Mary Carruthers

September 1, 1897
Denver, Colorado
DiedJune 6, 1975
Washington, D.C.
Occupation(s)Writer, editor, federal official

Early life and education

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Zilpha Mary Carruthers was born in Denver, Colorado,[2] the daughter of Arthur Chapin Carruthers and Bertha Wilcox Carruthers. She graduated from the University of Colorado in 1918,[3] with further studies at the University of Geneva and the London School of Economics. She earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1925, with a master's thesis titled "Through John Bull's Looking Glass: A Study of the Relations Between England and America as Reflected in the Periodical Press between 1830 and 1840."[4] She held a Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship in 1922.[5][6]

Career

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Franklin was a freelance journalist as a young woman, based in New York City. She was an editorial assistant at the American Child Health Association in the mid-1920s. She edited Child Study, the monthly magazine of the Child Study Association of America, from 1928 to 1935. In 1943, Franklin was named chief information officer of the Federal Security Agency, and remained in that position until 1953, when she resigned after disagreements with Oveta Culp Hobby, and took a public relations job in Toledo, Ohio.[1][7] From 1954 to 1962, she worked for the National Health Council on promoting health careers.[2][8]

Publications

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Franklin's byline regularly appeared in Parents' Magazine,[9][10][11] Child Health Magazine,[12][13][14] and National Municipal Review,[15][16][17] among other publications. She also wrote a children's book, The Path of the Gopatis (1926), for the National Dairy Council.[18]

  • "Adventures in Health Education" (1924)[13][12]
  • "The Technique of Poster-Making" (1924)[14]
  • "Our Immaculate Canal Zone" (1924)[19]
  • "Between Whistles Milk; Factory Workers Like Milk and Demand More at Home" (1924)[20]
  • "Seen in Mansfield; An Expert Looks at Health Education" (1924)[21]
  • The Path of the Gopatis (1926)[18]
  • "Does Behavior Depend on Health?" (1929)[9]
  • "Can One Influence an Unborn Child?" (1930, with Thomas Woods)[11]
  • "When is a Family a Success?" (1931)[10]
  • "Just Teasing" (1932)[22]
  • "Discipline: Strict or Lax?" (1934, with Goodwin Watson)[23]
  • "Little Known Facts about Grandparents" (1934)[24]
  • "The School and Social Security" (1937)[25]
  • "Public Assistance in Relation to Municipal Welfare Problems" (1937)[15]
  • "Extension of Old-Age Insurance" (1939)[16]
  • "Impact of National Defense on Family Life" (1942)[26]
  • "On the Local Front" (1943)[27]
  • "A Place in the Summer Sun" (1944)[28]
  • "Community Services" (1945)[17]

Personal life

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Carruthers married journalist Ben A. Franklin in 1923. They had a son, Ben, who became a reporter for The New York Times,[29] and a daughter, Zilpha Jane.[30] Her husband died in 1935, when their children will both young.[31][32] She died in 1975, at the age of 77.[2][33]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Zilpha Franklin, 77, Information Officer". The Evening Sun. 1975-06-09. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Zilpha Franklin, Editor, U.S. Aide". The New York Times. 1975-06-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  3. ^ University of Colorado (Boulder campus) (1886). Catalogue of the University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Denver : Times Print. Co. p. 293.
  4. ^ Essays for the Master's Degree. Columbia University Libraries. 1923. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Pulitzer Prize Winners Plan World Trips" Fourth Estate 29(1475)(June 3, 1922): 14.
  6. ^ "Pulitzer Travelling Scholarships". The Columbia Journalist, 1913-1923. Alumni Association of the School of Journalism, Columbia University. 1923. p. 17.
  7. ^ Kluttz, Jerry (March 22, 1953). "The Federal Diary". The Washington Post. p. 1. Retrieved September 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Gruenberg, Sidonie Matsner, ed. (1967). The New illustrated encyclopedia of child care and guidance. New York: Stuttman. p. 14.
  9. ^ a b Franklin, Zilpha Carruthers. "Does Behavior Depend on Health?" Parents' Magazine 4(1929): 15.
  10. ^ a b Franklin, Zilpha Carruthers. "When is a Family a Success?" Parents' Magazine 6(April 1931): 22-23.
  11. ^ a b Wood, Thomas and Zilpha Carruthers. "Can One Influence an Unborn Child?." Parents' Magazine 5 (1930): 19.
  12. ^ a b Carruthers, Zilpha Mary (February 1924). "Adventures in Health Education; How One Fellowship Works Three Ways". Child Health Magazine. 5 (2): 55–59.
  13. ^ a b Carruthers, Zilpha Mary (January 1924). "Adventures in Health Education; Take the Healthland Flyer from the Land of Let's Pretend". Child Health Magazine. 5 (1): 4–7.
  14. ^ a b Carruthers, Zilpha Mary (March 1924). "The Technique of Poster-Making". Child Health Magazine. 5 (3): 110–114.
  15. ^ a b Franklin, Zilpha C. (1937). "Public Assistance in Relation to Municipal Welfare Problems". National Municipal Review. 26 (3): 117–123. doi:10.1002/ncr.4110260303.
  16. ^ a b Franklin, Zilpha C. (1939). "Extension of Old-Age Insurance". National Municipal Review. 28: 44–49. doi:10.1002/ncr.4110280109.
  17. ^ a b Franklin, Zilpha C. (March 1945). "Community services". National Municipal Review. 34 (3): 154–156. doi:10.1002/ncr.4110340314.
  18. ^ a b The Path of the Gopatis. National Dairy Council. 1926.
  19. ^ Carruthers, Zilpha Mary (April 1924). "Our Immaculate Canal Zone". Child Health Magazine. 5 (4): 141–146.
  20. ^ Carruthers, Zilpha Mary (August 1924). "'Between Whistles Milk'; Factory Workers Like Milk and Demand More at Home". Child Health Magazine. 5 (8): 350–351.
  21. ^ Carruthers, Zilpha Mary (October 1924). "Seen in Mansfield; An Expert Looks at Health Education". Child Health Magazine. 5 (10): 417–420.
  22. ^ Franklin, Zilpha Carruthers (1932-04-01). "Just Teasing". Midland Empire News. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Watson, Goodwin, and Zilpha Carruthers Franklin. "Discipline: Strict or lax." Parents' Magazine 9 (1934): 18-20.
  24. ^ Franklin, Zilpha Carruthers. "Little Known Facts About Grandparents," Parents' Magazine (September 1934).
  25. ^ Franklin, Zilpha Carruthers. "The School and Social Security" School Life 22(8)(April 1937): 226-228.
  26. ^ Franklin, Zilpha C. (1942). "Impact of National Defense on Family Life". National Municipal Review. 31 (2): 84–105. doi:10.1002/ncr.4110310205.
  27. ^ Franklin, Zilpha C. (1943). "On the Local Front". National Municipal Review. 32 (5): 240–246. doi:10.1002/ncr.4110330506.
  28. ^ Franklin, Zilpha C. (June 1944). "A Place in the Summer Sun". Parents' Magazine. 19 (6): 18 – via Internet Archive.
  29. ^ "Ben A. Franklin, 78, Reporter for The Times, Dies". The New York Times. 2005-11-22. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  30. ^ "Miss Franklin Engaged to Wed". The Washington Post. June 12, 1944. p. 11. Retrieved September 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  31. ^ "Ben A. Franklin". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1935-05-29. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ "Young Editor of New York Dies". The Waterbury Democrat. 1935-05-28. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ^ "Zilpha Carruthers Franklin". Newsday (Nassau Edition). 1975-06-09. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-09-04 – via Newspapers.com.
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