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(Cokie Roberts)
Everyone hears about the founding fathers, but what about the founding mothers? Cokie Roberts of ABC News and NPR looks at the women behind some of America’s most famous men - Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Eliza Pinckney, among others. Then, historian David Fromkin tells why he holds Germany and Austro-Hungary largely responsible for the outbreak of World War I. We celebrate Tax Day with Richard Yancey, who describes his two-year tour of duty as a tax collector for the IRS. And Alison Jolly on Tandroy tribal culture in southern Madagascar.
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts puts the spotlight on America’s women in her latest book, Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation.
» Read Cokie Roberts's NPR bio
Events:
Talk and signing as part of the About Women Lecture Series on Thursday, April ...
» Read Cokie Roberts's NPR bio
Events:
Talk and signing as part of the About Women Lecture Series on Thursday, April ...
David Fromkin
In Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?, David Fromkin diverges from the more traditional view that WWI was the result of an unfortunate series of diplomatic accidents. He thinks Germany and Austro-Hungary deserve much of the blame for the war’s outbreak.
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Richard Yancey
Richard Yancey became a revenue officer in 1991 after answering a want ad. Now he’s the author of Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS.
» Read an excerpt of Confessions of a Tax Collector in the Reading Room
» Read an excerpt of Confessions of a Tax Collector in the Reading Room
Alison Jolly
Scientist Alison Jolly has studied extensively the Tandroy tribe in southern Madagascar, and was the first outsider to attend a Tandroy funeral. She’s written Lords and Lemurs: Mad Scientists, Kings With Spears, and the Survival of Diversity in Madagascar.
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» Read more about the book ...
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