Lynn Povich

Lynn Povich
Born Washington D.C, U.S.
Occupation Journalist, Editor, Author
Religion Judaism
Spouse(s) Jeffrey Young (m.1967- 1976; divorced) and Stephen B. Shepard[1] (m.1979-)
Children Sara and Ned
Website
LynnPovich.com

Lynn Povich is an award-winning[2] journalist who has spent more than 40 years in the news business. After graduating from Vassar, she began her career as a secretary in the Paris Bureau of Newsweek magazine, rising to become a reporter and writer in New York. In 1970, she was one of 46 women who sued the magazine for sex discrimination. Five years later, she was appointed the first woman Senior Editor in Newsweek’s history.[3]

Personal life

Lynn Povich is the daughter of Ethyl and The Washington Post sports journalist Shirley Povich. She majored in modern European history at Vassar College, and in June 1965, left to work as a secretary in the Newsweek's Paris bureau. After a year and a half abroad, she returned to New York in November 1966 as a researcher for Newsweek and married Jeffery Young in June of next year. In March 1969, she became a junior writer.

The first lawsuit

On March 16, 1970, she and other women filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Newsweek for the promotion and hiring of women. They hired Eleanor Holmes Norton to represent the case. After seeing that not much had changed, they filed a second lawsuit against Newsweek.

Publications

In 2005, for the 100th anniversary of the Washington Post. she published a collection of Shirley Povich's sports journalism, All those mornings-- at the Post : the twentieth century in sports from famed Washington post writer Shirley Povich.[4] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 243 libraries.[5]

She also published in 2012 a book called The good girls revolt : how the women of Newsweek sued their bosses and changed the workplace detailing the lawsuits.[6] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 756 libraries.[7]

A series of interviews with her was published by the Washington Press Club Foundation in its oral history project, "Women in journalism".[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30715F7385413718DDDAE0994D1405B898BF1D3
  2. ↑ //http://www.lynnpovich.com/bio.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.lynnpovich.com/bio.htm
  4. ↑ New York : Public Affairs, 2005
  5. ↑ WorldCat item record
  6. ↑ New York : PublicAffairs, 2012 ISBN 9781610391733
  7. ↑ WorldCat item record
  8. ↑ Interviews with Lynn Povich recorded by Mary Marshall Clark; Washington : Washington Press Club Foundation, 1994.

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