Journalism and Women Symposium – JAWS Auction 2016
Auction Ends: Oct 30, 2016 10:15 AM EDT

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Dinner for Eight with JAWdess Extraordinaire Peggy Simpson

Item Number
120
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
850 USD to pm062b66c
Number of Bids
5  -  Bid History

Item Description

Dine with a legend. JAWdess Peggy Simpson reported 17 years for the Associated Press starting in 1962 in Dallas. She was transferred to Washington, DC, to cover a Southwestern regional beat for the AP in Congress in 1968. She covered the assassination in Dallas of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, including being an eyewitness in the Dallas jail to the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. In 1975, Simpson covered the United Nations Conference on Women in Mexico City. When the AP was sued for gender discrimination, she joined the lawsuit. Her bureau chief called her a “stupid bitch.” Simpson also has covered national politics for the Boston Herald and national economic issues for Hearst Newspapers for five years. She opened a Washington bureau for Ms. Magazine to cover the women’s political rights movement. When Eastern Europe was transitioning into democracy in the 1990s, Simpson covered the transformation.

Item Special Note

Date is negotiable, dinner for eight in the home of Peg Simpson.