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Gretchen Carlson
American
Journalist
Born:
Jun 21
,
1966
Life
Me
My Life
People
Women
You
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Nothing was ever handed to me. My hope is that when people read my story, it will inspire them to reach for their goals and not give up. The real story is this: if I can do it, you can, too.
Gretchen Carlson
Hope
Me
You
People
Inspire
Goals
Will
Nothing
Too
Give
Reach
Read
Real
Handed
Up
Real Story
Story
Them
Ever
If you Google me, you'll find plenty of 'dumb blonde' references - even though I graduated with honors from Stanford and studied at Oxford University. I don't let it bother me.
Gretchen Carlson
Me
You
Google
Honors
Though
Plenty
Find
Bother
Studied
References
Dumb
Blonde
Graduated
Oxford
Stanford
Even
University
Sometimes people look at television personalities and say, 'Wow, they've never had any problems.' And I really wanted people to know that hadn't been my path. I want people to know the real me underneath.
Gretchen Carlson
Me
People
Sometimes
Path
Problems
Say
Television
Wow
Never
Had
Know
Look
Underneath
Real
Been
Any
Want
Wanted
Personalities
Really
We like to say Miss America is the classy one. It has a talent category. I would have been dead last in Miss USA - I'm five foot three, I'm not a model, and I never wanted to be one.
Gretchen Carlson
Three
Say
Would
Classy
Foot
Never
Miss
Talent
Like
Category
Dead
Been
Five
Model
America
Wanted
USA
Last
One week after getting married in my thirties - while I was working as the main anchor at the CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio - I got fired.
Gretchen Carlson
Thirties
Anchor
Married
Week
Fired
Main
Cleveland
Got
Getting
Getting Married
Ohio
After
While
Working
I didn't win Class President in tenth grade. I was too chubby to win a role in the school play 'Oklahoma!' and I didn't make it into a singing and dancing group in high school for the same reason - too fat.
Gretchen Carlson
Class
Win
School
Singing
Group
Too
President
Chubby
Dancing
Oklahoma
High
High School
Tenth
School Play
Make
Role
Grade
Same
Reason
Play
Fat
We all remember growing up with mean girls, right?
Gretchen Carlson
Remember
Girl
Up
Mean
Growing
Growing Up
Right
Arbitration clauses have become prevalent in most corporate agreements or contracts for employees.
Gretchen Carlson
Employees
Become
Corporate
Arbitration
Clause
Most
Contracts
Agreements
I wasn't naive, but at the end of my Miss America year, when two different executives attacked me during what I thought were informational interviews about jobs, I was shocked. I didn't see it coming, and the worst thing about it was the shame I felt, as if I'd done something wrong.
Gretchen Carlson
Me
Thought
Year
Interviews
Worst
Worst Thing
Jobs
See
About
Something
Shame
Attacked
Wrong
Miss
Naive
Executives
Felt
Coming
Were
End
Shocked
America
Done
Different
Informational
Thing
Two
To this day, I have an open door policy. I seek out interns and young women and try to help them. Women mentors were important to me, and I want to do that for others.
Gretchen Carlson
Day
Me
Women
Try
Important
Young
Others
Out
Seek
Mentors
Open
Open Door
Policy
Were
Want
Door
Them
Young Women
Help
I wasn't prepared for the environment I encountered trying to break into television news. In the world of music, where I spent my formative years, we were judged solely on our talent, and gender wasn't a factor.
Gretchen Carlson
Music
News
World
Gender
Our
Solely
Spent
Television
Television News
Factor
Environment
Talent
Judged
Were
Years
Encountered
Trying
Where
Break
Formative
Prepared
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