Vera Glaser

In her high school, the valedictorian was traditionally awarded a scholarship to Washington University, but a male student was selected instead.

[1] In February 1969, Glaser was covering a televised press conference for newly elected President Richard Nixon as a representative of the North American Newspaper Alliance.

Nixon responded that he would look into the issue, leading to additional stories and questions on "women’s limited roles in the leadership of the federal government".

[4] The task force is credited with tripling the number of appointed women to high-level government positions within one year.

She also worked with Malvina Stephenson for her investigative reports on Clark R. Mollenhoff, the special counsel to the Nixon White House noted for collecting the names of State Department employees critical of the president's policies during the Vietnam War.