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Judy Stone (May 1, 1924 – October 6, 2017) was an American
journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...
and
film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlets ...
who wrote film reviews for the ''
San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. de ...
'' from 1961 to 1993.


Biography

Stone was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, to
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immigrants who owned a
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store. She was the youngest of four children, all of whom became journalists, including her brother . Her interest in journalism came early when she wrote a film review of ''
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'' for the student newspaper at Jay Cooke Junior High School.Scheiron, Sara (March 7, 2007)
"Quite an Interview: A Talk With Judy Stone"
''
San Francisco Bay Guardian The ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'' was a free alternative newspaper published weekly in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1966 by Bruce B. Brugmann and his wife, Jean Dibble. The paper was shut down on October 14, 2014. It was relaun ...
''. Stone dropped out of school to make
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s in a factory during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. However, she remained in publishing as managing editor for her
labor union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
's newspaper. Following the war, she settled in
San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
, working as a reporter for the ''
Marin Independent Journal The ''Marin Independent Journal'' is the main newspaper of Marin County, California. The paper is owned by California Newspapers Partnership which is in turn mostly owned by MediaNews Group.
'' and, later, at the
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at the ''San Francisco Chronicle''. Around 1965, she transferred to the ''Chronicle'' Datebook section. Stone also wrote for ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', the ''
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'', and many other national newspapers and magazines. Her books include '' The Mystery of B. Traven'' (1977), ''Eye on the World: Conversations With International Filmmakers'' (1997), and ''Not Quite a Memoir: Of Film, Books, the World'' (2006). Stone died at her
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home in San Francisco on October 6, 2017, at the age of 93.


See also

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Rosie the Riveter Rosie the Riveter is an allegorical cultural icon in the United States who represents the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. These women sometimes took entirely new ...


References


External links


Official WebsiteJudy Stone articles in the ''Los Angeles Times''Stephen O. Murray on ''Not Quite a Memoir''
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