Top of page

Film, Video John Dickerson: "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star"

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • John Dickerson: "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star"

Summary

  • John Dickerson, chief political correspondent for Slate, discussed his new biography, "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star," in a program sponsored by the Center for the Book. Nancy Dickerson was the first female member of the Washington, D.C., television news corps and the only woman covering many of the iconic moments of the 1960s. She was the first reporter to speak to President John F. Kennedy after his inauguration; she was on the National Mall with King during the march on Washington, D.C.; she had dinner with Johnson the night after President Kennedy was assassinated; she received a phone call from a rambling President Nixon regarding an earlier press conference addressing the Vietnam War; and she even threw a party for President Ronald Reagan days before his inauguration.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body
  • Library of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2007-02-06.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Government, Law
  • -  Presidents

Notes

  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  John Dickerson.
  • -  Recorded on 2007-02-06.
  • -  Kids, Families.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687804

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

While the Library of Congress created most of the videos in this collection, they include copyrighted materials that the Library has permission from rightsholders to present.  Rights assessment is your responsibility.  The written permission of the copyright owners in materials not in the public domain is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may also be content that is protected under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations.  Permissions may additionally be required from holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights). Whenever possible, we provide information that we have about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids and other texts that accompany collections. However, the information we have may not be accurate or complete.

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Credit Line: Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division. John Dickerson: "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-06, 2007. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687804/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. & Library Of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division, S. B. (2007) John Dickerson: "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-06. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687804/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Serial & Government Publications Division. John Dickerson: "On Her Trail: My Mother, Nancy Dickerson, TV News' First Woman Star". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-06, 2007. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687804/>.