Grit, Courage and Change: Women in the Last 50 Years

by Gail Collins

About the author

Gail Collins was the Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times from 2001 to January 1, 2007. She was the first woman Editorial Page Editor at the Times.

Born as Gail Gleason, Collins has a degree in journalism from Marquette University and an M.A. in government from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Beyond her work as a journalist, Collins has published several books; Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity and American Politics, America's Woman: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines, and The Millennium Book which she co-authored with her husband Dan Collins.

She was also a journalism instructor at Southern Connecticut State University.
She is married to Dan Collins of CBS.

Reviews

[Ed · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the section on the 1960s and found it to be interesting. The other sections on the later decades seemed less so, since I've lived through that time (including my work when the ERA was used in political campaigns). The wrap ups on the ladies involved in the narration were included in the epilogue.