DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an award-winning
American author and historian. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995.
Kearns was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Rockville Centre, New York.
She received her B.A. degree from Colby College, Maine in 1964. She later earned
a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University.
Doris Kearns won a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in 1964. Goodwin went to Washington,
D.C., as a White House Fellow in 1967 during the Johnson administration, working
as his assistant. After Johnson left office, she assisted the President in
drafting his memoirs.
After LBJ's retirement in 1969, Goodwin taught government at Harvard for ten
years, including a course on the American Presidency.
In 1977, her first book was published Lyndon Johnson & the American Dream,
drawing on her conversations with the late president. This book became a New
York Times bestseller and provided a launching pad for her literary career.
Goodwin was the first female journalist to enter the Boston Red Sox locker room.
She consulted on and appeared in Ken Burns' 1994 documentary Baseball.
Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and
Eleanor Roosevelt: The American Homefront During World War II. Goodwin received
an honorary L.H.D. from Bates College in 1998.
Goodwin won the 2005 Lincoln Prize (for best book about the American Civil War)
for Team of Rivals, a book about Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Cabinet. She is
currently a member of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission advisory board.
In 1975, Kearns married Richard N. Goodwin, who had worked in the Johnson and
Kennedy administration as an adviser and a speechwriter. They have three sons,
Richard, Michael and Joseph. As of 2007, the Goodwins live in Concord,
Massachusetts.
Goodwin revealed in her contributions to Ken Burns' award-winning documentary
film Baseball her life-long support of both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston
Red Sox.
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an award-winning
American author and historian. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995.
Kearns was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Rockville Centre, New York.
She received her B.A. degree from Colby College, Maine in 1964. She later earned
a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University.
Doris Kearns won a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in 1964. Goodwin went to Washington,
D.C., as a White House Fellow in 1967 during the Johnson administration, working
as his assistant. After Johnson left office, she assisted the President in
drafting his memoirs.
After LBJ's retirement in 1969, Goodwin taught government at Harvard for ten
years, including a course on the American Presidency.
In 1977, her first book was published Lyndon Johnson & the American Dream,
drawing on her conversations with the late president. This book became a New
York Times bestseller and provided a launching pad for her literary career.
Goodwin was the first female journalist to enter the Boston Red Sox locker room.
She consulted on and appeared in Ken Burns' 1994 documentary Baseball.
Goodwin won the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and
Eleanor Roosevelt: The American Homefront During World War II. Goodwin received
an honorary L.H.D. from Bates College in 1998.
Goodwin won the 2005 Lincoln Prize (for best book about the American Civil War)
for Team of Rivals, a book about Abraham Lincoln's Presidential Cabinet. She is
currently a member of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission advisory board.
In 1975, Kearns married Richard N. Goodwin, who had worked in the Johnson and
Kennedy administration as an adviser and a speechwriter. They have three sons,
Richard, Michael and Joseph. As of 2007, the Goodwins live in Concord,
Massachusetts.
Goodwin revealed in her contributions to Ken Burns' award-winning documentary
film Baseball her life-long support of both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston
Red Sox.