Edith m lederer biography of william butler

EDITH M. LEDERER

When you look at that period of time, when you were in San Francisco, there were so many things happening. Los Angeles Times. EL: Well, there was always every-every day in Vietnam, the US military did, Matt V did a briefing called which was nicknamed the five o'clock Follies. Date of Interview Camping disappeared for, I do not know, two weeks. Language English.

And at that time, you know, I would not go I often worked nights, I would work from 3 to And so, I going back to Saigon was not a shock to me. SM: Yep. Retrieved And so, we decided to go to see the war that while certainly was on the front pages every day and that I had been writing about certainly on the protest side. And I got I had a contact at editor and publisher, which was then a very influential magazine for jobs at cetera, and coverage of the news industry.

And, you know, that was I do not know whether you remember there was a professor who became president of San Francisco State S. And when he heard that noise, he sat up and actually waved his good hand. And I, I had not been on my high school newspaper, I was news editor. EL: So, I would certainly consider it one of the 19 60s.

So-so, that is what I know. And we had most been to Europe, but we never been to Asia. You know, they, they had been picked up in a jungle clearing and they were about to take their first steps on friendly soil in years. Why is it taken so- I think a lot of people have answered this, but I am still questioning why has it taken so long for women like you, I mean, you have already proven you are a great writer, to get into leadership roles that you should have been 50 and years ago.

And I really wanted to write so it was my decision to go back to writing and reporting. Because communications were not instantaneous. I did a story on the impact of the war on women in the north in the south, and I actually did get to talk to-to really interview one former bar girls, and find out what happened to quite a number of them. After about a year, Lederer left that job and traveled around Europe for several months with a friend, a trip that inspired her to see even more of the world.

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He covered all those trials. I want you-you have read reference to how difficult it was for you as a woman to finally get to a position where you were a foreign correspondent or a war correspondent, as a female. There was a tremendous amount going on in California at that time. EL: That is cor- That is correct. Yes, if we did things that they did not like, we heard about it, but it was not like having somebody pick up a phone every 10 minutes.