“We were women in transition, raised in one era and coming of age in another, very different time...here we were, entering the workplace in the 1960s questioning--and often rejecting--many of the values we had been taught. We were the polite,… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“There were elements of Mad Men at Newsweek, except that unlike the natty advertising types, journalists were notorious slobs and our two- and three-martini lunches were out of the office, not in...Kevin Buckley, who was hired in 1963, described the… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“...at Newsweek only girls with college degrees--and we were called "girls" then--were hired to sort and deliver the mail, humbly pushing our carts from door to door in our ladylike frocks and proper high-heeled shoes. If we could manage that, we graduated to "clippers," another female ghetto. Dressed in drab khaki smocks so that ink wouldn't smudge our clothes, we… — Lynn Povich Copy Share
“Ellen Goodman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning columnist for the Boston Globe, said that for researchers, “the turnover was expected to be great because women didn’t… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg agreed. “We reward men every step of the way—for being leaders, for being assertive, for taking risks, for being competitive,” she said in 2012 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “And we teach women as young as four—lay back, be communal. Until we change that at a personal level, we need to say there’s an… — Lynn Povich Copy Share
“It wasn’t like I believed that sexism didn’t exist,” said Jesse. “It was just that it didn’t occur to me that what was happening… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
I quickly realized that I enjoyed editing more than writing. I felt more suited to it and it fit my nurturing personality. I had… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“Only when we got to the workforce did we start to care about gender issues. Now a lot of young women are realizing sexism… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“Sex, like color, is a meaningless criterion and an oppression criterion when it is made a condition for a job,” — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“What led to our revolt? Why did our generation suddenly realize that our place in society was changing--and had to change? In part, we were carried by the social and political currents of our time...But even with the social winds in our sails and the women's movement behind us, each of us had to overcome deeply held values and traditional… — Lynn Povich Copy Share
“I was a good girl," she said. "I learned something about the world and found the courage not to be a good girl.” — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“when it came to giving the women higher pay or promotions, the Digest was not so concerned. “There were end-of-the-year reviews with two lists… — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“For every man there was an inferior woman, for every writer there was a checker,” said Nora Ephron.” — Lynn Povich Copy Share Image
“In 1971, Congress had approved the Comprehensive Child Development Act, which would have provided child care on a sliding fee scale to working parents as a matter of right. However, President Richard Nixon vetoed it, saying it would commit “the vast moral authority of the national government to the side of communal approaches to childrearing over against [sic] the family-centered… — Lynn Povich Copy Share
