I didn't expect to get a job, much less one in the world of broadcast journalism. In addition to her work for ABC, she serves as a news analyst for National Public Radio, where she was the congressional correspondent for more than 10 years. Along with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, a Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, Roberts pens a weekly column syndicated in major newspapers around the country. Her op-ed pieces have made their way into The New York Times and The Washington Post . A celebration of the women who paved the way in fields from the military to public service, the book is a tribute both to historical women and the women in her life.
Women are pretty amazing.
And we've been doing a good job for a long, long time. By the end of that summer, it wasn't legal anymore, but it took a long time for behavior to catch up with the law. It took brave women suing their bosses for job promotions or prospective employers for jobs for which they were most qualified to see some headway. Eventually, the rest of the broadcast and print world caught on. All you saw on television at that time were white men, and that has a subliminal effect.