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Sally Jessy Raphael Gets Real About Being a Working Mom in an 'All-Male World' Early in Her Career (Exclusive)


Sally Jessy Raphael tells PEOPLE about working in radio and television at a time few other women, let alone mothers, were doing the same.

The beloved daytime talk show host spoke with PEOPLE recently, opening up about navigating her storied career. Of balancing parenting her children — daughters Andrea and Allison from her first marriage and son Jason from her second — during a time when there weren't many women in the workplace, Raphael admits, "It was hard." When Raphael did come to daytime with her beloved talk show, Sally, it would be men who'd end up making up a good bulk of her audience.

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