Lynn Sherr
Lynn Sherr is an award-winning journalist and has been covering politics and women’s issues for more than 40 years, mostly at ABC News, where she was a correspondent for World News Tonight and 20/20. Her best-selling books include Swim: Why We Love the Water; Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space and Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words. Sherr currently freelances on a variety of platforms. Follow her on Twitter: @LynnSherr.
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April 4, 2017Yevgeny Yevtushenko's poetry was a kind of revolution; he was a rock star to the Soviet youth movement and a global celebrity.
March 17, 2017What J-School never taught you.
March 8, 2017Fifty years after the 19th (the Suffrage) Amendment had passed, tens of thousands of American women abandoned their husbands, their desks, their typewriters and their waitress stations to march down the avenues in a number of cities to press for a new set of issues.
January 20, 2017Resistance doesn’t mean just standing strong; it means doing so without rushing, and without faltering.
December 16, 2016A new movie about the African-American women mathematicians in the NASA space program adds critical depth and detail to the legend of The Right Stuff.
November 11, 2016It wasn't because she was unqualified or didn't get the popular vote. It was sexism.
October 28, 2016In their first campaign appearance together, Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama, once adversaries, praised each other's commitment to public service.
October 20, 2016No, he has no decency. But hey, maybe he can create a job or two.
October 14, 2016In her speech, the first lady didn't just go high: She soared, making her case against a serial abuser personal as never before in the public arena.
October 10, 2016The Trump effect has ruined politics for this year.
