Barbara Walters: A Trailblazer. An Icon. A Woman.
If there is one word to describe Barbara Walters, it would be trailblazer. Walters has paved paths in every aspect of journalism and will go down as perhaps one of if not the most influential female journalists in history. With respect to the women who came before her, Walter's did not accept no as an answer and was the first female to do many things in the journalism industry. Barbara was born in September of 1931 in Boston, MA to a very wealthy family. Walters' father was a prominent night club owner who brought in a lot of money for her family. Walters graduated high school in 1949 and shortly after, attended Sarah Lawrence College where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in English. After her father passed away, their family endured financial struggles and Barbara had to step up and fill that burden when she was just 22-23 years old. In a 1996 interview, Walters said “Until I was about twenty-three or twenty-four, we were very rich. I can go around New