Gail Collins

Gail Collins joined The New York Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board and later as an Opinion columnist. In 2001 she was appointed editorial page editor — the first woman to hold that post at The Times.

In 2007 she stepped down to finish her book “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present.” She returned as a columnist in time to cover the 2008 presidential election.

Ms. Collins is also the author of “America’s Women: Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines,” and four other books: “As Texas Goes: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda,” a biography of William Henry Harrison, “Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity and American Politics” and “The Millennium Book,” which she co-wrote with her husband, Dan Collins. She is currently at work on a history of older women in America.

Before joining The Times, Ms. Collins was a columnist at New York Newsday, The New York Daily News and a reporter for United Press International.

She is a graduate of Marquette University and has a master’s degree in government from the University of Massachusetts. Since 2013, Ms. Collins has been a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board.