Shana Alexander

thumb|Shana Alexander in 1978 Shana Alexander (6 October 1925 – 23 June 2005) was an American journalist. Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation in the "Point-Counterpoint" debate segments of 60 Minutes, in the late 1970s, with conservative James J. Kilpatrick. Quotes The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous. The Feminine Eye (1970), p. 33 We strain to renew our capacity for wonder, to shock ourselves into astonishment once again. The Feminine Eye (1970), p. 169 Faithful horoscope-watching, practiced daily, provides just the sort of small but warm and infinitely reassuring fillip that gets matters off to a spirited start. A delicious appeal to unreason (2005) External links Category:Journalists from New York City Category:1925 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Columnists from the United States Category:Jews from the United States Category:Edgar Award winners