Barbara Walters
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing, Popular Culture
- Subcategories: Gender Issues, Sexism, Media, Journalism, Journalists, Television, Radio, Broadcasting, Communications
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Women’s History
Article abstract: As the first female cohost of the Today Show and the first female network news anchor, Walters broke ground for women in the top echelons of network news.
Early Life
Barbara Jill Walters was born on September 25, 1931, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was the younger of the two daughters of Louis Edward Walters, a vaudeville booking agent, and his wife, Dena Seletsky Walters.
Lou Walters, of Lithuanian Jewish descent, had emigrated from London to the United States in 1910. The Seletskys were descended from Russian Jews who had come...
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