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A Ceiling-Shattering Woman
I'm incredibly pleased to have co-authored a biography, along with famed Kentucky reporter Lenny Shulman, on the dynamic Phyllis George. It's entitled Phyllis George: Shattering the Ceiling (published by the Press of the University of Kentucky).
After winning the Miss America title in 1970, Phyllis became the subject of social scorn by the Woman's Lib Movement. Several years later, however, she became their unexpected heroine when she shattered the glass ceiling to become the first woman network sportscaster on CBS' The NFL Today.
We spoke to over 75 friends and co-workers of Phyllis to draw an amazing picture of her life--triumphs and tragedies. We believe the book is a revealing reflection of our society from the 1970's to today. And we're thankful that in just a few weeks since its publication, the narrative text is already in nearly 200 college libraries, including Princeton, Yale, Cornell and McGill (in Canada).
I hope you'll have the chance to read it and gives us feedback on our presentation of Phyllis' extraordinary life.
After winning the Miss America title in 1970, Phyllis became the subject of social scorn by the Woman's Lib Movement. Several years later, however, she became their unexpected heroine when she shattered the glass ceiling to become the first woman network sportscaster on CBS' The NFL Today.
We spoke to over 75 friends and co-workers of Phyllis to draw an amazing picture of her life--triumphs and tragedies. We believe the book is a revealing reflection of our society from the 1970's to today. And we're thankful that in just a few weeks since its publication, the narrative text is already in nearly 200 college libraries, including Princeton, Yale, Cornell and McGill (in Canada).
I hope you'll have the chance to read it and gives us feedback on our presentation of Phyllis' extraordinary life.
