PARMA, Ohio - Journalist Connie Chung told a packed crowd at the Parma-Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library that women’s progress has been set back decades since she and others trailblazed newsrooms.

“It’s very depressing to me because we made a lot of progress,” she said Wednesday evening, adding that she didn’t want to “get political.”

“I do believe we’ve taken an incredible U-turn. It frustrates me,” she said. “It makes me unhappy.”

Her words were in response to a question from an audience member who called today’s political atmosphere “oppressive” for women, pointing to recently announced changes to military standards that will likely disproportionately affect them .

Chung – who helped break down gender and racial barriers by becoming the first Asian American anchor

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