Career
Curtis worked as a reporter and society editor for the Columbus Citizen for 11 years, and at the New York Times for 25 years. She began her career at the Times as a fashion reporter in 1961, and two years later was assigned to the "society beat," rising to editor of the Family/Style section by 1965. She transformed the traditional women's pages through her emphasis on current news and "lively writing." In 1974, she became an associate editor of the Times in charge of the Op-Ed Page, a position she held until 1982. Her name appread on the Times masthead, the first woman to be included with the senior editors. Her column of social commentary ran from 1982 to June 1986.
At the Columbus Citizen, Curtis honed her skills as a writer, analyst and researcher, sometimes using humor "to the dismay of her subjects." While she was editor at the Times, she wrote articles for Harper's and Rolling Stone, and a book, The Rich and Other Atrocities, published by Harper and Row in 1976.
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