Letter to Gerald Walker about article on Vietnamese women

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-01954
Title: Letter to Gerald Walker about article on Vietnamese women
Description: Letter from Keever to Gerald Walker, editor of the New York Times, originally attached to the first draft of her article about Vietnamese women
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Mr. Gerald Walker
Sunday Department
The New York Times
Times Square
New York, New York 10036
Saigon, Vietnam
November 10, 1966
Dear Mr. Walker:
My apologies for sending this piece to you later than I promised; it
became a much more vast and complex undertaking than I had at first enviañoned.
The piece is longer than you mentioned; I intentionally allowed some of the
interview quotes to dwindle on so that you could get a better flavor of the
situation, but they can be easily cut. If you want me to edit down the
piece more, you might send me a cable and I'll airexpress you a revised
version within two or three days. My cable address: Deepn Saigon.
The piece is weak on statistical documentation--but this is the plight
of Vietnam. The Ministry of Labor has yet to complete its 1965 statistical
work, which includes breakdowns by sex; the Ministry of Health doesn't
know how many nurses--male or female-it has. However, the sweeping generalizatio
I have made are so obvious to the Vietnamese I talked with that the accuracy
I interviewed three sociologists,
of the statements is not questioned here.
all women-one American, one French and one Vietnamese--who provided
I
have
talked
guidance of judgment as well as some quotes; in addition,
with many Vietnamese through the years which provided some of the more
common details of their family life.
I am taking the liberty of enclosing a selection of photos, which are
not exceptionally good, but might be useful for you.
Thank you for the initial request for this piece;
satisfactory to meet your needs.
I hope it proves
Encl.
Sincerely yours,
(Miss) Beverly Deepe
Date: 1966, Nov. 10
Subject: New York times; Newspaper editors; Journalism--Editing; Walker, Gerald, 1928-; Women; Civilians in war
Location: Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 20 x 26 cm
Container: B188, F1
Format: letters (correspondence)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Language: English