You may recall me mentioning that I would be hitching a ride from the Little Rock Airport to Hot Springs and the Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS) 2017 Conference and Mentoring Project with Betsy Wade . Betsy was the first woman copy editor hired at The New York Times in 1956 and one of the named plaintiffs in the landmark 1974 Boylan v. New York Times gender discrimination lawsuit. I met her at the first JAWS camp I attended, at the Sojourner Inn in Teton Village, Wyoming. Sojourner Truth is a historical role model of mine, so I took that as a good sign. I had never been to Wyoming before. I had also never been around so many dynamic, empowered women before. Meeting women like Betsy turbo-charged my career. It's been utterly delightful re-connecting with her. Betsy is a she-ro, a legend, a dynamo, and a hoot. Her example helped teach me how to move through newsrooms, how to claim my voice. #jaws17 #JAWS #journalism #women #mentoring #JAWdessesRule …see more