Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson

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Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson
Current Location::	Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Birthdate:	June 21, 1966
Birthplace:	Coon Rapids, Anoka County, Minnesota, United States
Immediate Family:	Daughter of Private and Private Wife of Private Mother of Private and Private Sister of Private; Private and Private
Occupation:	Broadcast journalist, author, television personality, violinist, Miss America winner, and female empowerment advocate

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Last Updated:	November 1, 2021

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About Gretchen Carlson

Gretchen Carlson is an American broadcast journalist, author, television personality, violinist, Miss America winner, and female empowerment advocate. Carlson appeared as the host of numerous television programs, most notably on the Saturday edition of The Early Show on CBS News from 2002 to 2005, Fox News’ morning show Fox & Friends from 2005 to 2013 and The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson on Fox News from 2013 to 2016. Most recently she founded a campaign, Lift Our Voices, to ban non-disclosure agreements and forced arbitration clauses in employment agreements in the American workplace so that victims of sexual harassment, pay inequity, and workplace toxicity would not be forcibly silenced by an NDA, which she and the other founders of the movement regard as a type of retaliation on victims.

In July 2016, Carlson filed a lawsuit against then Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes claiming sexual harassment. Subsequently, dozens of other women also stepped forward to accuse Ailes of harassment, and Ailes resigned under pressure. In September 2016, Carlson and 21st Century Fox settled the lawsuit reportedly for $20 million and Carlson received a public apology. Carlson was one of the first high publicity cases of 2016's #MeToo movement.

Carlson was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People In The World in 2017. She has written two bestselling books: her memoir Getting Real and the New York Times Bestseller Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take Your Power Back.

It was announced that Carlson would join PeopleTV as a Special Contributor in October 2020. Carlson is also the host of a daily news podcast by Quake Media, called Get the News with Gretchen Carlson. The political podcast discusses both liberal and conservative news headlines, as well as current world events. (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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