. ▁" Every thing ▁up ▁till ▁then ▁was ▁pr en atal ." ▁St ahl ▁cred its ▁her ▁CBS ▁News ▁h ire ▁to ▁the ▁Federal ▁Communic ations ▁Commission ' s ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁inclusion ▁of ▁women ▁in ▁its ▁aff irm ative ▁action ▁mand ate : ▁" the ▁television ▁networks ▁were ▁sc our ing ▁the ▁country ▁for ▁women ▁and ▁black s ▁with ▁any ▁news ▁experience ▁at ▁all . ▁A ▁friend ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁had ▁called ▁to ▁tell ▁me ▁about ▁a ▁mem o ▁floating ▁around ▁CBS ▁News ▁mand ating ▁that ▁' the ▁next ▁rep orter ▁we ▁h ire ▁will ▁be ▁a ▁woman .' " ▁According ▁to ▁St ahl , ▁Con nie ▁Ch ung ▁and ▁Bernard ▁Shaw ▁were ▁" the ▁two ▁other ▁' aff irm ative ▁action ▁b ab ies ' ▁in ▁what ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Class ▁of ▁' 7 2 ." ▁St ahl ▁reflected ▁in ▁an ▁interview ▁on ▁her ▁early ▁days ▁at ▁CBS ▁how , ▁on ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁the ▁' 7 2 ▁N ixon - Mc G overn ▁election ▁returns , ▁she ▁found ▁her ▁on - air ▁studio ▁chair ▁marked ▁with ▁mask ing ▁t ape , ▁not ▁with ▁her ▁name ▁as ▁with ▁her ▁colle agues , ▁but ▁with ▁" F em ale ". ▁St ahl ▁was ▁the ▁ment or ▁of ▁CBS ▁news ▁producer ▁Susan ▁Z ir in sky . ▁ ▁St ahl ' s ▁prom in ence ▁grew ▁after ▁she ▁covered ▁Water gate . ▁" I ▁found ▁an ▁a partment ▁in ▁the ▁Water gate ▁complex , ▁moved ▁all ▁my ▁stuff ▁from ▁Boston