Barbara Walters Most Inspiring Moments By Angela Guzman

Barbara Walters: Most Inspiring Moments

After 53 years as a journalist, 37 of those years with ABC news, Barbara Walters has announced that she will be retiring in May 2014. “I do not want to appear on another program or climb another mountain. I want instead to sit on a sunny field and admire the very gifted women — and OK, some men too — who will be taking my place,” Walters said. Walters is arguably one of the best journalists of all time and is known for asking the hard hitting questions.

"There's only one Barbara Walters,” says ABC News President Ben Sherwood. “And we look forward to making her final year on television as remarkable, path-breaking and news-making as Barbara herself.

Let's take a look at Barbara Walters' most inspiring and memorable moments.