Description
Title: Watergate Girl, The: My Fight for Truth & Justice Against a Criminal President
Author: WINE-BANKS JILL
Illustrator: 1 8-PAGE B/W PHOTO INSERT
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 26/05/2020
Imprint: HENRY HOLT
Price: $43.00
Publishing status: Active
It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the future of their democracy and women stood up for equal treatment. At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women’s movement stood a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was then known), barely thirty years old and in charge of some of the most important prosecutions of high-ranking White House officials. Called “the mini-skirted lawyer” by the press, she fought to receive the respect accorded her male counterparts— and prevailed.
In <i>The Watergate Girl</i>, Jill Wine-Banks takes us inside this troubled time in American history, and it is impossible to read about the crimes of Richard Nixon and the people around him without drawing parallels to today’s headlines. The book is also the story of a young woman who sought to make her professional mark while trapped in a failing marriage, buffeted by sexist preconceptions, and harboring secrets of her own that kept her on a knife-edge. Her house was burgled, her phones were tapped, and even her office garbage was rifled through.
At once a cautionary tale and an inspiration for those who believe in the power of justice and the rule of law, <i>The Watergate Girl </i>is a revelation about our country, our politics, and our society.
ISBN: 9781250244321
Weight: 300gr
Dimension: 208mm X 135mm
Pages: 272