Doris Kearns Goodwin Quote

The labor leader Samuel Gompers had long considered the production of cigars in unsanitary tenements one of the most dreadful, cancerous sores on the city of New York. Realizing

Doris Kearns Goodwin

The labor leader Samuel Gompers had long considered the production of cigars in unsanitary tenements one of the most dreadful, cancerous sores on the city of New York. Realizing

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About Doris Kearns Goodwin

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington. She was also executive producer of Abraham Lincoln, a 2022 docudrama on the History Channel. This latter series was based on Goodwin's Leadership in Turbulent Times.