The Woman Behind the New Deal
Author Kirstin Downey talked about her biography of Frances Perkins, Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary of labor and the first female Cabinet secretary. This talk was part of the University of M…
423 viewsAuthor Kirstin Downey talked about her biography of Frances Perkins, Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary of labor and the first female Cabinet secretary. This talk was part of the University of M…
423 viewsKirstin Downey talked about her book The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience (Nan A. Talese; March 3, 2009). She respond…
1,296 viewsPanelists talked about writing biographies. Panelists included Terry Alford, author of Fortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes Booth; Kirstin Downey, author of Isabella: The Warrior Queen; a…
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