On December 14, 1970: The National Press Club in Washington, DC voted to admit women to membership after excluding them from membership since the club’s institution. Prior to 1970, women reporters had to cover press events from the balcony – as pictured above. From Girls in the Balcony by Nan Robertson regarding the 1955 decision by the National Press Club to restrict women to the balcony: “Here were the people in the balcony, distinguished journalists treated like second-class citizens. I had to cover the stories there. Some people equated the balcony with the back of the bus, but at least the bus got everybody to the same destination just as…

On December 14, 1970: The National Press Club in Washington, DC voted to admit women to membership after excluding them from membership since the club’s institution. Prior to 1970, women reporters had to cover press events from the balcony – as pictured above. From Girls in the Balcony by Nan Robertson regarding the 1955 decision by the National Press Club to restrict women to the balcony: “Here were the people in the balcony, distinguished journalists treated like second-class citizens. I had to cover the stories there. Some people equated the balcony with the back of the bus, but at least the bus got everybody to the same destination just as…