CBS News anchor Jane Pauley remembers the trailblazing journalist whose drive, tenacity and talent helped inspire countless young women to pursue careers in broadcasting.
People used to say I"sounded" like Barbara Walters, which I thought absurd, of course. Barbara had such a distinctive voice that frankly grated on some – a cultivated"Eastern" accent – and more to the point, she was the preeminent woman in network news; while I was the new girl at the"Today" show, just in from somewhere in the Midwest, uncultivated and unknown.
But she left me far more than a chair, a desk and a phone. She left opportunity that hadn't existed before her. And not just for me! Barbara Walters was a trailblazer for a whole generation of women broadcasters. She was a role model before most people even thought women needed one. She arrived at"Today" in 1961, a writer-researcher dropped into a man's world. The women who appeared regularly were then known as"Today" Girls.With drive, tenacity and talent, she quickly became the leading woman in broadcast journalism, though admittedly there was scant competition for the title. You know many of the women in this picture. Twenty-nine of us came together eight years ago, at Barbara's invitation, to mark her retirement.We presented her legacy.
That's what I've been thinking about, how all of us followed in Barbara Walters' footsteps, followed in them because she never relinquished the lead in 50 years.
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