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Clip: Eileen Shanahan Oral History Interview, Part 1

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May 21, 1994

Clip from Eileen Shanahan Oral History Interview, Part 1

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00:00:00 EVENT, FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY, AFTER 12 WEEKS, HE MADE UP HIS MIND TO HIRE ME.
00:00:11 I STAYED THERE FOR 14 YEARS.
00:00:13 >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIAN DANIEL AT THE TIMES.
00:00:17 >> AFTER RESTON DECIDED HE WANTED TO HIRE ME IN THEORY AT LEAST, HE ACTUALLY WAS ALLOWED TO MAKE HIS OWN DECISIONS, BUT IN THEORY, HE HAD TO GO TO NEW YORK FOR ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS, ONE OF WHICH WAS QUESTIONED DANIEL WHO WAS THE MANAGING EDITOR, THE NUMBER TWO JOB IN THE NEWSROOM.
00:00:38 HE ASKED ME AT ONE POINT IN THE INTERVIEW WHAT -- WHAT MY ULTIMATE GOAL WAS.
00:00:43 WELL, I HAD WANTED TO BE AN EDITOR EVERY SINCE I HAD BEEN EDITOR OF MY COLLEGE PAPER.
00:00:48 I LOVE THAT SHIPPING OF PUBLICATION AND HAVING THE STAFF TO EXECUTE YOUR IDEAS BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAD MORE IDEAS THAN YOU CAN EXECUTE YOURSELF.
00:00:57 BUT I HAD SENSE ENOUGH NOT TO SAY IT.
00:00:59 NOW, I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DON'T GUSH VERY OFTEN, BUT I GUSHED.
00:01:03 I SAID, OH, OH, ALL I WANT TO BE IS THE BEST REPORTER.
00:01:12 YOU CAN'T BE THE BEST REPORTER UNLESS YOU'RE ON THE BEST REPORTER UNLESS YOU'RE ON THE BEST PAPER AND THAT'S THE NEW YORK TIMES.
00:01:23 MY IMAGE OF MYSELF WAS LIKE THAT AT THAT TIME.
00:01:25 WHAT THE HELL, IT WORKED. I'M NOT GOING TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT IT.
00:01:27 SO HE REPLIED, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT NO WOMAN WILL EVER BE AN EDITOR AT THE NEW YORK TIMES.
00:01:36 THE YEAR IS 1961, IT WASN'T ILLEGAL.
00:01:41 PEOPLE SAID THINGS LIKE THAT IN THOSE DAYS.
00:01:42 THE LAW, OF COURSE, MADE IT ILLEGAL TO SAY THINGS LIKE THAT WAS PASSED IN '64 BUT DIDN'T BEGIN TO BE LITIGATED UNTIL THE EARLY '70s.
00:01:53 SO