Lynn Povich Quotes

#1. In early 1970, Newsweek's editors decided that the new women's liberation movement deserved a cover story. There was one problem, however: there were no women to write the piece.

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#2. I quickly realized that I enjoyed editing more than writing. I felt more suited to it and it fit my nurturing personality. I had lots of ideas and a strong sense of structure, and I enjoyed working with talented writers, relishing the give-and-take in making their work better.

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#3. The workplace is designed around the male life cycle and there is no allowance for children and family. There's a fragile new cultural ideal - that both the husband and wife work.

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#4. Newsweek never hired women as writers and only one or two female staffers were promoted to that rank no matter how talented they were ... Any aspiring journalist who was interviewed for a job was told, If you want to be a writer, go somewhere else
women don't write at Newsweek.

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#5. I don't know if anything would make women coalesce like that today. It made me feel very jealous, as if our generation missed out on something.

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#6. I was a good girl," she said. "I learned something about the world and found the courage not to be a good girl.

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#7. Perhaps most important for women's advancement, there still is no private or public support for working families, who rely primarily on mothers to care for the children.

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#8. Change is often rejuvenating, invigoration, fun ... and necessary.

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#9. For every man there was an inferior woman, for every writer there was a checker," said Nora Ephron. "they were the artists and we were the drones.

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#10. I don't think these men know that it's illegal,"she said. "They're very liberal and they have daughters and I think we should talk to them."The gruff-voiced woman barked back, "Don't be a naive little girl. People who have power don't like to give up that power.

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#11. movement behind us, each of us had to overcome deeply held values and traditional social strictures. The struggle was personally painful and

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#12. Mike Ruby, a writer in the magazine's Business section, used to call Newsweek writing f - k-style journalism: Flash (the lead), Understanding (the billboard - why is this story important), Clarification (tell the details of the story), and Kicker (bringing it all together with a clever ending).

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#13. When Newsweek owner Katharine Graham heard about our lawsuit, she asked, Which side am I supposed to be on?

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#14. I was a young guy who started as a fact checker," he said, "but I always knew - and was told - that I would get a shot at reporting, writing, and editing. For a young, ambitious, talented woman, that elevator was out of order.

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