Episode 123: Drew Gilpin Faust on Growing-Up at Midcentury
The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. - En podkast av John Fea
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She was a privileged baby boomer who grew up on a horse farm in segregated Virginia. By her 21st birthday she had worked for peace in Communist Europe, traveled the country in the cause of racial justice, marched for voting rights in Selma, and led anti-Vietnam protests at Bryn Mawr College. Our guest in this episode is distinguished American historian and former Harvard University president Drew Gilpin Faust. She talks about her memoir, Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
