Norah O’Donnell Writes The Ultimate Guide to American Women in U.S. History
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Who knew?!! Well, apparently, senior correspondent for CBS News Norah O’Donnell did. In her book, We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America, the stories of many unknown — and some well-known — are brought to the surface. The story of the U.S. is reshaped through what she uncovered. Written with Kate Andersen Brower, who joined us for the episode, Norah and WE THE WOMEN will change the way you think about the past — and the future. P.S. Norah is good friends with my college fave, Sarah (Ogilvie) Saint-Amand. Hi Sarah!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Zibi Owens, and you're listening to Totally Booked with Zibby. Formerly, moms don't have time to read books. In my daily show, I interview today's latest, best-selling, buzziest, or underrated authors and story creators, whose work I think is worth your time. As a bookstore owner, publisher, author, and obviously podcaster, I get a comprehensive |
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| 0:29.3 | have to. |
| 0:30.3 | Stay in the know, get insider insights, and connect with guests like I do every single day. |
| 0:36.2 | For more information, go to zibbimedia.com and follow me on Instagram |
| 0:40.1 | at Zibby Owens. I really enjoyed interviewing Nora O'Donnell and Kate Anderson Brower together |
| 0:50.5 | on Zoom. They are the authors of We the Women, the Hidden Heroes, Who Shaped |
| 0:56.2 | America, and boy, did I learn a lot in this book. I read it on an airplane with my pen-poised |
| 1:03.9 | underlining, dog earring, and then whipped it out over the course of a trip many times, |
| 1:09.8 | taking in different profiles of |
| 1:12.7 | women in history who not only made news but should have been remembered themselves. |
| 1:18.9 | I learned even more about the U.S. than I thought I knew and through the eyes of trailblazing |
| 1:24.0 | women, which was really, really interesting. |
| 1:27.0 | Nora O'Donnell, no surprise, is a multi-emmy award-winning journalist, with nearly three decades of |
| 1:32.7 | experience covering the biggest stories in the world and conducting impactful newsmaking |
| 1:37.1 | interviews. |
| 1:37.9 | She is CBS News's senior correspondent, and she focuses on big interviews and projects for the network. |
| 1:43.2 | She spent five years as the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, |
| 1:48.1 | which is the oldest and most revered evening news broadcast in America. |
| 1:52.7 | She anchors CBS News election specials and is a 60 Minutes contributing correspondent. |
| 1:57.6 | And she's married to Jeff Tracy, otherwise known as Chef Jeff, and is the mom of |
| 2:02.0 | three. Kate Anderson Brower is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller, The |
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