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{{Short description|Australian woman journalist}}
{{Short description|Australian woman journalist}}
'''Nan Hutton''' (1918 – 1 May 1984) was an Australian journalist for several magazines, for three [[Melbourne]] metropolitan newspapers, and was a book editor for Australian publishers.
'''Nan Hutton''' (1918 – 1 May 1984) was a feminist Australian journalist for several magazines, for three [[Melbourne]] metropolitan newspapers, and was a book editor for Australian publishers.


Hutton’s debut into journalism was at nine years old with her collaboration with her sister on a news sheet which they sold to neighbours for lollies. During the [[World War II|Second World War]] she wrote for United States forces based in Melbourne and [[Brisbane]], then postwar in Europe for [[Radio Australia]] she was a scriptwriter and broadcaster.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=3 May 1984 |title=Nan Hutton, a talented writer, dies |pages=15 |work=The Age}}</ref> 
Hutton’s debut into journalism was at nine years old with her collaboration with her sister on a news sheet which they sold to neighbours for lollies. During the [[World War II|Second World War]] she wrote for United States forces based in Melbourne and [[Brisbane]], then postwar in Europe for [[Radio Australia]] she was a scriptwriter and broadcaster.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=3 May 1984 |title=Nan Hutton, a talented writer, dies |pages=15 |work=The Age}}</ref> 


Returning to Australia, Hutton was a [[Feature story|feature writer]] and [[columnist]] for the [[The Argus (Melbourne)|''The Argus'']] then from 1952 to 1958 produced a personal advice column under the name 'Mary Friend' for ''[[Woman's Day (Australian magazine)|Woman's Day]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hutchings |first=Karen |date=2000 |title=Beauty begins at 7am: Cosmetics, fashion, consumer goods and beauty mythology in 1950s and 1960s Australia |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/beauty-begins-at-7am-cosmetics-fashion-consumer-goods-and-beauty-mythology-in-1950s-and-1960s-australia/oclc/4902292881 |journal=Journal of Australian Studies |language=English |volume=24 |issue=64 |pages=43–52 |issn=1444-3058 |oclc=4902292881}}</ref> alongside her other journalism,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hutton |first=Nan |date=4 August 1958 |title=Pink sheets or white? |journal=Woman's Day |pages=65}}</ref> which she continued for other magazines including ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' and in an [[Eponym|eponymous]] column in [[Walkabout (magazine)|''Walkabout'']].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hutton |first=Nan |date=December 1963 |title=The Pleasures of Shopping |journal=Walkabout |pages=54–57}}</ref> She was a founding member, one of only two women, of the [[Melbourne Press Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter 1: The search for a well |url=https://www.melbournepressclub.com/article/chapter-1--the-search-for-a-well |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.melbournepressclub.com |language=en}}</ref>
Returning to Australia, Hutton was a [[Feature story|feature writer]] and [[columnist]] for the [[The Argus (Melbourne)|''The Argus'']] then from 1952 to 1958 produced a personal advice column under the name 'Mary Friend' for ''[[Woman's Day (Australian magazine)|Woman's Day]]''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hutchings |first=Karen |date=2000 |title=Beauty begins at 7am: Cosmetics, fashion, consumer goods and beauty mythology in 1950s and 1960s Australia |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/beauty-begins-at-7am-cosmetics-fashion-consumer-goods-and-beauty-mythology-in-1950s-and-1960s-australia/oclc/4902292881 |journal=Journal of Australian Studies |language=English |volume=24 |issue=64 |pages=43–52 |issn=1444-3058 |oclc=4902292881}}</ref> In a 1953 issue she protests at "the homemaker's complaint"; "the heroine of [her] housekeeping manual", a creature of "grim perfection."<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Fair go: Cleo magazine as popular feminism in 1970s Australia |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/fair-go-cleo-magazine-as-popular-feminism-in-1970s-australia/oclc/1091879381 |date=2007 |language=English |first=Megan |last=Le Masurier}}</ref> In other journalism,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hutton |first=Nan |date=4 August 1958 |title=Pink sheets or white? |journal=Woman's Day |pages=65}}</ref> she continued freelancing for other magazines including ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]],'' and was assigned an [[Eponym|eponymous]] column in [[Walkabout (magazine)|''Walkabout'']].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hutton |first=Nan |date=December 1963 |title=The Pleasures of Shopping |journal=Walkabout |pages=54–57}}</ref> She was a founding member, one of only two women, of the [[Melbourne Press Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter 1: The search for a well |url=https://www.melbournepressclub.com/article/chapter-1--the-search-for-a-well |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=www.melbournepressclub.com |language=en}}</ref>


In 1967 she commenced her column ‘Nan Hutton on Thursdays' in [[The Age|''The Age'']]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Iola |date=2019-06-21 |title=On the Age’s river of gold |url=https://insidestory.org.au/on-the-ages-river-of-gold/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Inside Story |language=en}}</ref> which continued for a run of 13 years. A women's activist,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bell |first=Johnny |date=2013 |title=Putting Dad in the Picture: fatherhood in the popular women's magazines of 1950s Australia |journal=Women's History Review |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=904-929 |doi=10.1080/09612025.2013.780843}}</ref> she advocated in her column for equal pay and in 1954 wrote that:<blockquote>"today's woman can often support herself as well as a man, and divorce carries little stigma. She faces her husband on an equal footing, and if he is too unreasonable, she can pack up and leave"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=John |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/imagining-the-fifties-private-sentiment-and-political-culture-in-menzies-australia/oclc/237560146 |title=Imagining the fifties: private sentiment and political culture in Menzies' Australia |date=2000 |publisher=UNSW Press |isbn=978-0-86840-690-9 |location=Sydney |pages=65 |language=English |oclc=237560146}}</ref> </blockquote>In an obituary, ''Age'' editor [[Creighton Burns]], described her as a talented and distinguished journalist. [Her] influential column in this newspaper of years […] was both perceptive and compassionate."<ref name=":0" />
In 1967 she commenced her column ‘Nan Hutton on Thursdays' in [[The Age|''The Age'']]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matthews |first=Iola |date=2019-06-21 |title=On the Age’s river of gold |url=https://insidestory.org.au/on-the-ages-river-of-gold/ |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Inside Story |language=en}}</ref> which continued for a run of 13 years. A women's activist,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bell |first=Johnny |date=2013 |title=Putting Dad in the Picture: fatherhood in the popular women's magazines of 1950s Australia |journal=Women's History Review |volume=22 |issue=6 |pages=904-929 |doi=10.1080/09612025.2013.780843}}</ref> she advocated in her column for equal pay and in 1954 wrote that:<blockquote>"today's woman can often support herself as well as a man, and divorce carries little stigma. She faces her husband on an equal footing, and if he is too unreasonable, she can pack up and leave"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murphy |first=John |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/imagining-the-fifties-private-sentiment-and-political-culture-in-menzies-australia/oclc/237560146 |title=Imagining the fifties: private sentiment and political culture in Menzies' Australia |date=2000 |publisher=UNSW Press |isbn=978-0-86840-690-9 |location=Sydney |pages=65 |language=English |oclc=237560146}}</ref> </blockquote>In an obituary, ''Age'' editor [[Creighton Burns]], described her as a talented and distinguished journalist. [Her] influential column in this newspaper of years […] was both perceptive and compassionate."<ref name=":0" />

Revision as of 07:53, 30 May 2022

Nan Hutton (1918 – 1 May 1984) was a feminist Australian journalist for several magazines, for three Melbourne metropolitan newspapers, and was a book editor for Australian publishers.

Hutton’s debut into journalism was at nine years old with her collaboration with her sister on a news sheet which they sold to neighbours for lollies. During the Second World War she wrote for United States forces based in Melbourne and Brisbane, then postwar in Europe for Radio Australia she was a scriptwriter and broadcaster.[1] 

Returning to Australia, Hutton was a feature writer and columnist for the The Argus then from 1952 to 1958 produced a personal advice column under the name 'Mary Friend' for Woman's Day[2] In a 1953 issue she protests at "the homemaker's complaint"; "the heroine of [her] housekeeping manual", a creature of "grim perfection."[3] In other journalism,[4] she continued freelancing for other magazines including Vogue, and was assigned an eponymous column in Walkabout.[5] She was a founding member, one of only two women, of the Melbourne Press Club.[6]

In 1967 she commenced her column ‘Nan Hutton on Thursdays' in The Age[7] which continued for a run of 13 years. A women's activist,[8] she advocated in her column for equal pay and in 1954 wrote that:

"today's woman can often support herself as well as a man, and divorce carries little stigma. She faces her husband on an equal footing, and if he is too unreasonable, she can pack up and leave"[9]

In an obituary, Age editor Creighton Burns, described her as a talented and distinguished journalist. [Her] influential column in this newspaper of years […] was both perceptive and compassionate."[1]

Hutton and her family lived in Kew and she was a council member of the National Gallery of Victoria Women's Association, a member of the Lyceum Club, and served on the Women’s Advisory Committee of the Australian Broadcasting Commission[10]

Hutton died on 1 May 1984 aged 66, and was cremated at Springvale. She was survived by her husband Geoffrey, then 74, and their daughters Kristin and Barbara. Geoffrey and Barbara Hutton were both writers for The Age.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Nan Hutton, a talented writer, dies". The Age. 3 May 1984. p. 15.
  2. ^ Hutchings, Karen (2000). "Beauty begins at 7am: Cosmetics, fashion, consumer goods and beauty mythology in 1950s and 1960s Australia". Journal of Australian Studies. 24 (64): 43–52. ISSN 1444-3058. OCLC 4902292881.
  3. ^ Le Masurier, Megan (2007). Fair go: Cleo magazine as popular feminism in 1970s Australia (Thesis).
  4. ^ Hutton, Nan (4 August 1958). "Pink sheets or white?". Woman's Day: 65.
  5. ^ Hutton, Nan (December 1963). "The Pleasures of Shopping". Walkabout: 54–57.
  6. ^ "Chapter 1: The search for a well". www.melbournepressclub.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  7. ^ Matthews, Iola (2019-06-21). "On the Age's river of gold". Inside Story. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  8. ^ Bell, Johnny (2013). "Putting Dad in the Picture: fatherhood in the popular women's magazines of 1950s Australia". Women's History Review. 22 (6): 904–929. doi:10.1080/09612025.2013.780843.
  9. ^ Murphy, John (2000). Imagining the fifties: private sentiment and political culture in Menzies' Australia. Sydney: UNSW Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-86840-690-9. OCLC 237560146.
  10. ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission (1966). Annual report of the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Sydney: Ambassador Pr. OCLC 660846241.
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