The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President

At the crossroads of the Watergate scandal and the women’s movement stood a young lawyer named Jill Wine Volner (as she was then known), barely 30 years old and the only woman on the team that prosecuted the highest-ranking White House officials. Called “the mini-skirted lawyer” by the press, she fought to receive the respect accorded her male counterparts – and prevailed. In the process, her house was burglarized, her phones were tapped, and even her office garbage was rifled through.

In The Watergate Girl, Jill Wine-Banks takes us inside this troubled time in American history, and it is impossible to read about the crimes of Richard Nixon and the people around him without drawing parallels to today’s headlines. The book is also the story of a young woman who sought to make her professional mark while trapped in a failing marriage, buffeted by sexist preconceptions, and harboring secrets of her own.

Wine-Banks is currently an MSNBC Legal Analyst and has been the recipient of many awards, including several from the U.S. Department of Justice and the highest civilian award given by the U.S. Department of the Army.

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