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Cokie Roberts, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and bestselling author, spoke at the Y on April 8, 2008 about Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation. In the audio clip above, she offers insight to the life of Dolley Payne Todd—the wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison—and her role in presidential politics.
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Related: Scott McClellan with Dan Rather: Inside the Bush White House (Jun 4), Bill Moyers in Conversation with Phil Donahue: On Democracy (Jun 10), Drew Westen, PhD, on the Political Brain (Jun 12), Barbara Walters in Conversation with Frank Rich (Jun 17) and Laughs from the Left: A Liberal Dose of Political Humor with Scott Blakeman, Jane Condon and Jeff Kreisler (Jun 26)
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