Doris Kearns Goodwin

Birth Name:

Doris Helen Kearns

Birth Place:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Producer, Writer, Actress, Soundtrack

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 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
Began writing her first biography after being asked to assist Lyndon B․ Johnson prepare his memoir following his departure from the White House
Was the first female journalist ever allowed in the locker room of the Boston Red Sox

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