The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and the New York Times [Hardcover]

Nan Robertson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 4, 1992

An inside account of the history of sex discrimination at the New York Times pays tribute to the newspaper's talented women journalists and to the paper's men, too often oblivious to their own sexism. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour

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From Publishers Weekly

That the liberal, august Times has a history of discriminating against its staff women rankles Robertson, as it will readers of this impressive, rousing dispatch fron the trenches. Photos.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Former Times staffer Robertson details the woeful status of women reporters (the title refers to the balcony where women sat in the all-male National Press Club), especially and surprisingly at the editorially liberal Times . Change occurred in the 1970s with the Times 's Women's Caucus's sex discrimination suit, ultimately settled with little back pay but at least a new hiring policy. Roberston's vivid saga provides a microcosm of the entire women's movement: there are pathbreakers who adopt men's rules; challengers who face scorn and career setbacks; and those today who don't acknowledge the crusaders' contribution. Pay inequities and chauvinistic gaffes (about which Robertson is admirably restrained) continue, and with the recent publication of the "she asked for it" tone of the "little wild streak" profile of William Kennedy
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: Random House; 1St Edition edition (February 4, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039458452X
• ISBN-13: 978-0394584522
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #630,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars a solid book, January 14, 2011

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This review is from: The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and The New York Times (Paperback)

It's been a few years since I read this but I noticed it had no reviews. This book chronicles the movement of women from the sidelines to the headlines at the New York Times. It's a solid memoir.