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January 20, 2022 Last Aired January 11, 2023
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…
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September 26, 2009 Last Aired March 12, 2021
The Woman Behind the New Deal

Kirstin 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…
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April 10, 2016 Last Aired May 14, 2016
Panel Discussion on Biographies

Panelists 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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