Eileen Shanahan (journalist)

For the Irish poet, see Eileen Shanahan.

Eileen Shanahan (February 29, 1924 – November 2, 2001) was an American journalist who covered national economic policy for The New York Times from 1962 to 1977, was a high-ranking editor for newspapers located in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, and Florida, and was the founding editor of Governing, a magazine about state and local government.[1] As a reporter in a male-dominated field, she faced discrimination and harassment and fought for fair treatment for women in journalism, serving as one of the named plaintiffs in a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the Times and later acting as a mentor and role model for younger women in her field.[2][page needed][3][full citation needed]

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