2012 Sackler Center First Awards: Connie Chung
Channel: Brooklyn Museum
Date: 2012-11-14

Trailblazing broadcast journalist Connie Chung began her career more than 40 years ago and has worked at all the major television networks. In 1993, she became the first woman to co-anchor the CBS Evening News. 

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, fifteen extraordinary women who are first in their fields were honored with Sackler Center First Awards. The event commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the first center within an art museum to be devoted to the exhibition and study of feminist art. The event was presented by Elizabeth A. Sackler and Gloria Steinem and hosted by Soledad O'Brien and Laura Flanders. The award was designed by Judy Chicago. Video courtesy of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation.