United Kingdom, April 28 -- Sally Jessy Raphael found it "difficult" to build her career as a woman in the 1950s.

The 90-year-old star became a household name through her long-running talk show 'Sally', but admitted that when she was starting out, it was tough for her as a working mother in an industry that was dominated by men.

She told People:" Well, there weren't many of us [working moms]. Most women in the 50s were stay-at-home moms. And so a working woman was either single or interesting. It was difficult. It was all-male.

"They got paid much more than I ever got paid, and you never met another woman."

Sally - who has daughters Andrea and Allison from her first marriage to Andrew Vladimir, and then adopted son Jason with her late...