#GAReads | I Am (an Older) Woman. Hear Me Roar.

Nancy Pelosi

I Am (an Older) Woman. Hear Me Roar.“:

When Susan Zirinsky takes over CBS News in March, she will be the first woman to hold the job. She will also be the oldest person to assume the role, at 66. 

Her appointment was announced just days after Nancy Pelosi, 78, was re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives — making her the most powerful elected woman in United States history — and Representative Maxine Waters became the first woman and African-American to lead the Financial Services Committee, at age 79.

Read Jessica Bennett’s full article at The New York Times here…