Reared amid liberal intellectuals and writers in Birmingham, Alabama, during the Great Depression, the author anticipated that, like her Wellesley-educated mother, her destiny would be that of full-time wife and homemaker. Instead, World War II afforded her the opportunity to become a "girl reporter," a career hitherto closed to all but a few women. Her journalistic beat included not only Alabama but also Washington, D.C., the nation's nerve center...
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