Among those present: A reporter's view of twenty-five years in Washington

by Nancy Dickerson

1976 Random House HB.,9th printing. Memoir of Nancy Dickerson, trail breaker, working mother and first female national news correspondent.

Genres: Journalism, Memoir

238 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Ann Aldrich · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the category of "back in the day," this memoir b America's first female on air journalist vividly recalls the good and bad of recent history. Her observations cover her early employment with the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee when she dated Jack Kennedy and John Keating, among others. Moving to CBS, she continued to socialize with members of Congress and Presidential administrations while covering Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford, all of whom she had personal friendships with. Her insights are straightforward and unique, an encouraging reminder that the nation has survived
challenges of assassinations, Viet Nam, and political corruption not so long ago, all the while moving forward on racial equality and anti-poverty measures.