About the Program
Gail Collins, the first woman to hold the position of editorial page editor for the New York Times, explores the changes in the lives of American women over the past fifty years in her book, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present. Ms. Collins denotes the differences between a time when New York City secretary Lois Rabinowitz was upbraided for wearing slacks in court to the formation of the National Organization for Women and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. Gail Collins discusses her book with Gwen Ifill, managing editor and moderator of PBS' Washington Week and senior correspondent for The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. The New York Times selected When Everything Changed as one of their notable non-fiction books of 2009.
Gail Collins
Gail Collins was the first women to hold the position of editorial page editor for the New York Times, which she held from 2001 to 2007. She is currently a columnist for the New York Times' Op-Ed page. Ms. Collins is the author of America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines.
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Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill is the managing editor and moderator of "Washington Week" and senior correspondent of "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer." She was formerly chief congressional correspondent for NBC News and was a reporter for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, and the Boston Herald. Ms. Ifill moderated the 2004 and 2008 Vice Presidential debates. Gwen Ifill is the author of The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.