The Watergate girl : my fight for truth and justice against a criminal president / Jill Wine-Banks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wine-Banks, Jill, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wine-Banks, Jill.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Impeachment.

Nixon, Richard M.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.

Lawyers--United States--Biography.

Lawyers.

Impeachment.

United States.

Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.

United States--Politics and government--1969-1974.

Politics and government.

Impeachments.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

x, 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2020.

Summary:

"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 The Watergate Girl, 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, The Watergate Girl is a revelation about our country, our politics, and our society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Joining the team

Archie and the gang

The Watergate boy

Nine conversations

Saturday night fever

The morning after

Secretary of morale

The lady lawyer

Kurt

The days of wine and rose

Two ladies arguing

To indict or not

The road map

Indictment

Exit the king

The trial

After Watergate

No fear of flying.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wine-Banks, Jill, The Watergate girl

ISBN:

9781250244321

1250244323

OCLC:

1113434676