Shana Alexander
Shana Alexander | |
|---|---|
Alexander c. 1978 | |
| Born | Shana Ager October 6, 1925 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | June 23, 2005 (aged 79) Hermosa Beach, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Alma mater | Vassar College |
| Notable works | Anyone's Daughter (1979) Happy Days: My Mother, My Father, My Sister & Me (1995) Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower (1983) |
Shana Alexander (October 6, 1925 – June 23, 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.