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"Consequences for the nation had to take a back seat" A Conversation with Rebecca Boggs Roberts About Edith Wilson
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Rebecca Boggs Roberts is an award-winning educator and historian who has written extensively about women’s history and the women’s suffrage movement. Her books include The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World and Suffragists in Washington, DC: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote.
She recently published Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson, a richly detailed biography of a woman who has eluded careful study despite the fact that she played a vital role in one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century.
104 episodes
Manage episode 364297321 series 2816778
Rebecca Boggs Roberts is an award-winning educator and historian who has written extensively about women’s history and the women’s suffrage movement. Her books include The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World and Suffragists in Washington, DC: The 1913 Parade and the Fight for the Vote.
She recently published Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson, a richly detailed biography of a woman who has eluded careful study despite the fact that she played a vital role in one of the most consequential presidencies of the 20th century.
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