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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Doris Kearns Goodwin The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's work has included works on politicans, presidents, and baseball.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Doris Helen Kearns
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January 4, 1943, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. (age 82)
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Pulitzer Prize (1995)

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Meet the Press – December 22, 2024 • Dec. 22, 2024, 4:39 AM ET (NBC)

Doris Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American author and historian known for her highly regarded presidential studies. In 1964 Kearns received a bachelor’s degree from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and in 1968 she earned a doctorate in government from Harvard University, where she later taught government. In 1975 she married Richard Goodwin, who had served as an adviser to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Named a White House fellow in 1967, Goodwin met President Johnson, who asked her to help with his memoirs despite the fact that she had cowritten ...(100 of 362 words)

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