Just us women:
How many
do you know?

Katharine Graham

60 Minutes correspondent
owner and publisher of The Washington Post
author of "Hers" column in
The New York Times

Katie Couric

co-anchor of NBC’s Today show
New York Times foreign correspondent
author of "Hers" column in
The New York Times

Jill Nelson

Miami Herald crime reporter
co-anchor of NBC’s Today show
first black woman to write for The Washington Post Sunday magazine

Margaret Fuller

photojournalist at Life
first female foreign correspondent (also edited The Dial for Ralph Waldo Emerson)
co-anchor of NBC’s Dateline

Jean Jadhon

first American woman to publish a newspaper
WDBJ-7 News at 5 and 11 anchor
CNN Headline News anchors

Anna Quindlen

60 Minutes correspondent
UPI White House Bureau Chief
author of "Hers" column in The New York Times

Leslie Stahl

60 Minutes correspondent
Miami Herald crime reporter
National Public Radio correspondent

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book
(first important women’s magazine)
"stunt" reporter who disguised herself to get the story
long-time movie reviewer for The New Yorker

Barbara Walters

publisher of The Washington Post
Boston Globe columnist
co-anchor of ABC-News 20-20 program

Margaret Bourke-White

photojournalist at Life
with Susan B. Anthony, editor
of Revolution, a suffragist newspaper
wrote the world’s longest-running column, "Dorothy Dix Talks"

Helen Thomas

60 Minutes correspondent
UPI White House Bureau Chief; known for "Thank you, Mr. President"
CNN Headline News anchor

Judy Woodruff

CNN co-anchor who moderated a 2000 presidential debate
co-anchor of NBC’s Today show
co-anchor of NBC’s Dateline

Nina Totenberg

National Public Radio correspondent
winner of the 1999 Pulitzer prize for commentary
first female foreign correspondent

Elizabeth Timothy

60 Minutes correspondent
first American woman to publish
a newspaper (Charleston, S.C.)
co-anchor of ABC-News 20-20 program

Pauline Kael

The Roanoke Times’ only female sportswriter
winner of the 1999 Pulitzer prize for commentary
long-time movie reviewer for The New Yorker

Wendy Zomparelli

wrote the world’s longest-running column
The Roanoke Times’s general manager
editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book

Jane Pauley

60 Minutes correspondent
Miami Herald crime reporter
co-anchor of NBC’s Dateline

Lynn Russell

60 Minutes correspondent
CNN Headline News anchor
author of "Hers" column in The New York Times

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

with Susan B. Anthony, editor of Revolution, a suffragist newspaper
photojournalist at Life
"stunt" reporter who disguised herself to get the story

Maureen Dowd

60 Minutes correspondent
co-anchor of NBC’s Today show
winner of the 1999 Pulitzer prize for commentary

Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer

wrote the world’s longest-running column, "Dorothy Dix Talks"
photojournalist at Life
winner of the 1999 Pulitzer prize for commentary

Nellie Bly

Boston Globe nationally syndicated columnist
National Public Radio correspondent
"stunt" reporter who disguised herself to get the story

Anne "Q" Hare McCormick

60 Minutes correspondent
New York Times foreign correspondent and first female Pulitzer-prize winner
author of "Hers" column
The New York Times

Edna Buchanan

long-time movie reviewer
for The New Yorker
Miami Herald crime reporter; author of "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face"
first black woman to write for The Washington Post Sunday magazine

Ellen Goodman

NPR reporter
with Susan B. Anthony, editor of Revolution, a suffragist newspaper
Boston Globe nationally syndicated columnist

Katrina Waugh

photojournalist at Life
Boston Globe nationally syndicated columnist
The Roanoke Times’ only female sportswriter

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