Doris Kearns Goodwin recalls 1960s idealism in ‘An Unfinished Love Story’
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin worked for Lyndon B. Johnson early in her career. First, as a 24-year-old graduate student at Harvard, she won a spot in the prestigious White House Fellows program. Then, after Johnson’s presidency, she helped him draft his memoirs.
Ms. Goodwin’s husband, Dick Goodwin, worked for President Johnson as an aide and speechwriter; he coined the term “Great Society” to describe LBJ’s domestic agenda. But Mr. Goodwin had worked for John F. Kennedy first, and he always considered himself a Kennedy man.
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