Gail Collins

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November 25, 1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio, The United States

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Nonfiction, History, Women & Gender Studies

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Gail Collins was the Editorial Page Editor of The New York Times from 2001 to January 1, 2007. She was the first woman Editorial Page Editor at the Times.

Born as Gail Gleason, Collins has a degree in journalism from Marquette University and an M.A. in government from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Beyond her work as a journalist, Collins has published several books; Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity and American Politics, America's Woman: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines, and The Millennium Book which she co-authored with her husband Dan Collins.

She was also a journalism instructor at Southern Connecticut State University.
She is married to Dan Collins of CBS.

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Books by Gail Collins

Average rating: 4.09 · 2,499 ratings · 687 reviews · 9 distinct works

	When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present 4.07 avg rating — 1,442 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines 4.18 avg rating — 961 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	My rating:
	William Henry Harrison (The American Presidents, #9) by Gail Collins, Sean Wilentz (Editor) 3.32 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Scorpion Tongues New and Updated Edition: Gossip, Celebrity, and American Politics 3.51 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	My rating:
	As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — expected publication 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Grit, Courage and Change: Women in the Last 50 Years 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	The Millennium Book: Your Essential All-Purpose Guide for the Year 2000 by Gail Collins, Dan Collins 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Writing Re-Creatively: A Spiritual Quest for Women by Gail Collins, Gail Collins-Ranadive 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Women and the Press: The Struggle for Equality by Patricia Bradley, Gail Collins (Foreword by) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005	My rating:

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