The Watergate Girl, Jill WineBanks
The Watergate Girl, Jill WineBanks
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The Watergate Girl
My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President

Author: Jill Wine-Banks

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Jill Wine-Banks

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2020


Synopsis

This program includes a prologue and epilogue read by the author.

Obstruction of justice, the specter of impeachment, sexism at work, shocking revelations: Jill Wine-Banks takes us inside her trial by fire as a Watergate prosecutor.

It was a time, much like today, when Americans feared for the future of their democracy, and women stood up for equal treatment. At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women’s movement was a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was then known), barely thirty years old and the only woman on the team that prosecuted the highest-ranking White House officials. Called “the mini-skirted lawyer” by the press, she fought to receive the respect accorded her male counterparts—and prevailed.

In The Watergate Girl, Jill Wine-Banks opens a window on this troubled time in American history. It is impossible to read about the crimes of Richard Nixon and the people around him without drawing parallels to today’s headlines. The book is also the story of a young woman who sought to make her professional mark while trapped in a failing marriage, buffeted by sexist preconceptions, and harboring secrets of her own. Her house was burgled, her phones were tapped, and even her office garbage was rifled through.

At once a cautionary tale and an inspiration for those who believe in the power of justice and the rule of law, The Watergate Girl is a revelation about our country, our politics, and who we are as a society.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

About Jill Wine-Banks

Jill Wine-Banks is an MSNBC legal analyst, appearing regularly on the network’s primetime and daytime shows. She began her career as an organized crime prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, which led to her selection as one of three assistant Watergate special prosecutors in the obstruction of justice trial against President Nixon's top aides. She has also served as general counsel of the U.S. Army, solicitor general and deputy attorney general of the state of Illinois, and executive vice president and chief operating officer of the American Bar Association. In each case, she was the first woman to hold the position. A graduate of the University of Illinois and the Columbia Law School, she lives in Chicago.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on April 15, 2020

Wine-Banks was one of the pioneer women in the legal field. In her career she had been Illinois Solicitor General and was a deputy attorney general. In 1973 she was working for the Department of Justice when she was picked to join a task force to investigate the Nixon administration’s burglary of th......more

Goodreads review by Bill on May 21, 2021

Last night I turned on MSNBC, delighted to see her again. There she was, sharp as a tack, with her ready smile, rich contralto, and unmistakable Chicago accent, wearing a stylish scales-of-justice pin, and summing up Barr’s firing of Geoffrey Berman so succinctly that all the other legal analysts we......more

Goodreads review by Lynne on December 04, 2019

Wonderful memoir by Jill Wine-Banks, former special prosecutor in the Watergate case and current MSNBC legal analyst. Starting with her examination on the stand of Rose Mary Woods and the 18 1/2 minute gap to her personal life and highlights of her professional life since Watergate, the book shines......more

Goodreads review by Roslynne on March 11, 2020

I've seen Jill Wine-Banks as a legal analyst on MSNBC talking about her upcoming book, and was really looking forward to reading it. That said, I was disappointed. The Watergate part of the story was interesting and there were a few new tidbits of information, but there was nothing really new there......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on March 14, 2020

Lively memoir of the Watergate scandal from one of its secondary prosecutors. At age 30, Jill Wine-Volner accepted the chance to work for Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Already a seasoned government attorney who cut her teeth prosecuting mobsters, Wine-Volner found the task of investiga......more