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Title
- Susan Hertog: 2012 National Book Festival
Summary
- Biographer Susan Hertog appears at the 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
Event Date
- September 23, 2012
Notes
- - Susan Hertog is the author of the critically acclaimed "Anne Morrow Lindberg: Her Life," and her new book chronicles the lives of two early feminists working in journalism: "Dangerous Ambition: Rebecca West and Dorothy Thompson: New Women in Search of Love and Power." During the early 20th century, Rebecca West, an English journalist, novelist and critic, and Dorothy Thompson, an American journalist and first female head of a U.S. news bureau in Europe, defied convention to achieve unprecedented fame in a male-dominated era.
Related Resources
- National Book Festival website: https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
Running Time
- 45 minutes 10 seconds
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