Lynn Povich began her career at Newsweek as a secretary. In 1975 she became the first woman senior editor in the magazine's history. Since leaving Newsweek in 1991, Povich has been editor-in-chief of Working Woman magazine and managing editor/senior executive producer for MSNBC..om. Winner of the prestigious Matrix Award, Povich edited a book of columns by her father, famed Washington Post sports journalist Shirley Povich. She is married to Stephen Shepard, former editor-in-chief of Business Week and founding dean of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. They have two children.
"The Good Girls Revolt is as compelling as any novel, and also an
accurate, intimate history of new women journalists invading the
male journalistic world of the 1970s. Lynn Povich turns this epic
revolt into a lesson on why and how we've just
begun."--GloriaSteinem
"[Povich] strikes a fair tone, neither naïve nor sanctimonious....
Among her achievements is a complex portrait of Newsweek Editor
Osborn Elliott and his path from defensive adversary to
understanding ally."--AmericanJournalism Review
"A meticulously reported and highly readable account of a pivotal
time in the women's movement."--Jeannette Walls
"Crisp, revealing.... [A] taut, firsthand account of how a group of
razor-sharp, courageous women successfully fought back against
institutional sexism at one of the country's most esteemed
publications."--Washingtonian
"Povich's in-depth research, narrative skills and eyewitness
observations provide an entertaining and edifying look at a pivotal
event in women's history."--Kirkus
"Povich's memoir of the tortuous, landmark battle that paved the
way for a generation of female writers and editors is illuminating
in its details [and] casts valuable perspective on a trail-blazing
case that shouldn't be forgotten."--Macleans
"Solidly researched and should interest readers who care about
feminist history and how gender issues play out in the
culture."--Boston Globe
"The personal and the political are deftly interwoven in the
fast-moving narrative.... The Good Girls Revolt has many timely
lessons for working women who are concerned about discrimination
today....But this sparkling, informative book may help move these
goals a tiny bit closer."--NewYork Times
"Women still have a long way to go, the journalist Lynn Povich
rousingly reminds readers in The Good Girls Revolt, her fascinating
(and long overdue) history of the class-action lawsuit undertaken
by four dozen female researchers and underlings at Newsweek
magazine four decades ago.... If ever a book could remind women to
keep their white gloves off and to keep fighting the good fight,
this is the one."--LieslSchillinger, New York Times
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