Lynn Sherr

Lynn Sherr

Lynn Sherr (born 4 March 1942) is an American broadcast journalist and author, best known as a correspondent for the ABC news magazine "20/20".

Sherr was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Lower Merion High School in Ardmore. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College.

She was a freelance host at WNET-TV in New York, then staff. She worked for the Associated Press and WCBS-TV. In 1977, she was the guest host of the MacNeil-Lehrer Report while Robert MacNeil was absent, and has hosted a number of PBS specials. In 1983-85 she was a reporter/editor for Conde Nast.

She received a 1994 George Foster Peabody Award along with producer Alan B. Goldberg for the "Hunger Inside" a 20/20 documentary about extreme anorexia.

Published works

* "Susan B. Anthony Slept Here: A Guide to American Women’s Landmarks" (co-author, 1994)
* 'Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words" (1996)
* "Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes" (1997)
* "America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation’s Favorite Song" (2001).

References

* [http://www.jwa.org/feminism/?id=JWA063 Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution] from the [http://www.jwa.org Jewish Women's Archive]

External links

* [http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=126383 ABC News 20/20 profile]
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