Tribute: Cokie Roberts

NYPR Archives & Preservation | Sep 19, 2019

We've pulled two segment with Cokie Roberts done with Brian Lehrer in 2015 and 2016.

2015: (audio above) Cokie Roberts talks about the women of Washington, from the Civil War era up to Hillary Clinton.

2016: (audio below) NPR commentator Cokie Roberts discusses her new book about the influence of women in the founding of America.

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