How trailblazer Dorothy Butler Gilliam changed the face of journalism

about 7 years in NY Daily

It’s not easy being first. When Dorothy Butler Gilliam started at the Washington Post in 1961, there were all of two other black reporters on staff, both men. Female hires were routinely routed to the features section full of society news and recipes. Slowly, stubbornly, Butler set about changing...

Mentioned in this news
Share it on