Doris Kearns Goodwin Biography

Fast Facts

• Recipient of the Lincoln Prize in 2005
• Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2014 for her work, The Bully Pulpit
• Earned a liberal arts degree from Colby College, where she graduated magana cum laude
• While studying as a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, she would go on to earn her Ph․D․ in government from Harvard University
• Has been cited for plagiarism on several occasions and has been forced to pay settlements for several authors from which she stole work
• Began writing her first biography after being asked to assist Lyndon B․ Johnson prepare his memoir following his departure from the White House
• Began her career as an intern with the Lyndon B․ Johnson administration in the late '60s before eventually leaving public office to teach at Harvard for much of the 1970s
• Was the first female journalist ever allowed in the locker room of the Boston Red Sox