As part of our “Women on Wednesdays” series,  please join the Women & Politics Institute for a virtual conversation with WPI Executive Director Betsy Fischer Martin and award-winning political journalist Molly Ball, author of the just-published book, Pelosi, an “intimate, fresh perspective on the most powerful woman in American political history, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”

As the country’s leadership is tested like never before, Ball provides readers with a timely portrait of Speaker Pelosi’s life and career in politics. The book is based on exclusive interviews with the Speaker herself, plus extensive background reporting that offers a new perspective on Pelosi’s success as a woman in a male-dominated institution and the lessons she has learned along the way.

Molly Ball is TIME Magazine's national political correspondent and appears regularly as an analyst on NBC’s Meet the Press, CBS’s Face the Nation, PBS’s Washington Week, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and NPR. She formerly covered U.S. politics for The Atlantic and Politico. She is the winner of the Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize and the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, among others, and lives in Washington, D.C. 

ABOUT BETSY FISCHER MARTIN

Betsy Fischer Martin is an Emmy-winning journalist and former TV news executive. Currently, she is the Executive Director of the Women & Politics Institute at American University and a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs, where she teaches courses on campaigns and elections. During her earlier career in television news, she spent 23 years at NBC News serving as the longtime Executive Producer of Meet the Press with Tim Russert and as the Managing Editor of NBC News Political Programming.

"Women on Wednesdays": Molly Ball - "Pelosi," in conversation with Betsy Fischer Martin