Shirley Hufstedler Quote

I reached the White House expecting to be interviewed as one of several possibilities on a short list, only to discover I was the list. I felt like a girl who had been invited to meet her fiancé's family only to find herself walking down the aisle.


The New York Times (11 January 1981)


I reached the White House expecting to be interviewed as one of several possibilities on a short list, only to discover I was the list. I felt like a ...

I reached the White House expecting to be interviewed as one of several possibilities on a short list, only to discover I was the list. I felt like a ...

I reached the White House expecting to be interviewed as one of several possibilities on a short list, only to discover I was the list. I felt like a ...

I reached the White House expecting to be interviewed as one of several possibilities on a short list, only to discover I was the list. I felt like a ...