Jessie McCall | On Being Her Daughter
Like mother, like daughter, as they say—and like Jessie comes to realize in her reflections, years after beginning this journey to piece together the muse and mystery who was her mother.
Like mother, like daughter, as they say—and like Jessie comes to realize in her reflections, years after beginning this journey to piece together the muse and mystery who was her mother.
One of the most prominent reasons being Cheryl's relationship with the open road. Going through her journal entries in the '70s reveals a young woman as obsessed with roadtrips and Mother Nature as we are.
. Jessie admits she discovered a lot of pain in her mother's writing. And while we would love to focus on the major achievements of her journalism career, these harder entries remind us of her humanness. Just because she had the charisma and the confidence to
here is no denying Cheryl McCall was one of the greatest journalists of her time. She was a regular contributor to several major publications including LIFE, Time, and People Magazine. She interviewed icons of the era including Willie Nelson, Maya Angelou, and Miles Davis, many
After Jessie McCall lost her mother, Cheryl, to a rare form of cancer, Jessie was left with journals and photographs detailing Cheryl's career as a successful journalist.