Lisa Howard

Biography

Lisa Howard was a pioneering American journalist and television news anchor who rose to prominence in the early 1960s. She became ABC News's first woman reporter and anchored "The NewsHour with Lisa Howard," providing substantive coverage of Cuba's revolution. Her relationship with Fidel Castro led her to serve as a go-between between Castro and the American White House, before her career was cut short due to her involvement in the 1964 New York Senate election.