Aired October 18, 2017
ABC’s "20/20" has been on the air for 40 years (!), and Elizabeth Vargas has been a part of the family for 13 of them.
Even bigger, she’s also only one of two women who have been at the forefront.
"There have only been two women as co-hosts," Vargas tells Rach at the kitchen table. "Barbara Walters and myself."
"For every woman in television, period," Rach adds.
As a female news anchor following in the footsteps of trailblazers like Barbara, Elizabeth has covered major news events on the frontlines. Hear Elizabeth discuss the first time she was "really afraid" on the job in the video above.
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