In this installment of our Video Memoir series, Edith Lederer, Chief UN Correspondent for the Associated Press talks about covering Vietnam and the Gulf War. She was interviewed by OPC member John Daniszewski, who serves as senior managing editor of international news for the Associated Press.
During the interview, Lederer said when she joined the Associated Press in 1966, there were no female foreign correspondents at the agency. She pushed for an overseas posting, and even stopped in Saigon in 1968 while on vacation during an around-the-world trip.
Ultimately, she was posted there in 1972 and served as one of the first female correspondents in Vietnam.
Watch the full interview below or check out the whole Video Memoir series on our YouTube channel.