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Introducing the Salvatori Center's Profiles in American Political Thought

Salvatori Center research assistants wrote profiles of overlooked American political thinkers in the areas of conservatism, federalism, gender, and journalism.


Conservatism



Thinker: William F. Buckley Jr.

Author: Jaxson Sharpe

Born: 1925

Died: 2008

Spouse: Patricia Buckley

Occupation: Editor, author, pundit

Education: Yale University (BA)


Read about the life and thought of William F. Buckley Jr. here.











Thinker: Harry Jaffa

Author: Henry Fina

Born: 1918

Died: 2015

Spouse: Marjorie Etta Butler

Occupation: Professor (Claremont McKenna College)

Education: Yale University (BA), The New School (PhD)


Read about the life and thought of Harry Jaffa in forthcoming weeks.






Federalism



Thinker: Mercy Otis Warren

Author: Maribella Muñoz-Jiménez

Born: 1728

Died: 1814

Spouse: James Warren

Occupation: Poet, political writer

Education: Self-educated


Read about the life and thought of Mercy Otis Warren here.








Thinker: Frances Perkins

Author: Gabriel Goldstein

Born: 1880

Died: 1965

Spouse: Paul Wilson

Occupation: United States Secretary of Labor

Education: Mount Holyoke College (BS),

Columbia University (MA),

University of Pennsylvania


Read about the life and thought of Frances Perkins in forthcoming weeks.






Thinker: Lysander Spooner

Author: Andrew Rizko

Born: 1808

Died: 1887

Spouse: None

Occupation: Lawyer, writer, entrepreneur

Education: Self-educated


Read about the life and thought of Lysander Spooner in forthcoming weeks.









Gender



Thinker: Patsy Mink

Author: Nicole Jonassen

Born: 1927

Died: 2002

Spouse: John Mink

Occupation: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii

Education: Wilson College, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (BS), University of Chicago (JD)


Read about the life and thought of Patsy Mink here.





Thinker: Alice Paul

Author: Caren Ensing

Born: 1885

Died: 1997

Spouse: None

Occupation: Suffragist

Education: Swarthmore College (BS), Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, London School of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD), American University (LLB, LLM, DCL)


Read about the life and thought of Alice Paul here.






Journalism



Thinker: Herbert Croly

Author: Sophia Lakhani

Born: 1869

Died: 1930

Spouse: Louise Emory

Occupation: Journalist, editor, author

Education: City College of New York, Harvard University


Read about the life and thought of Herbert Croly here.











Thinker: Walter Lippmann

Author: Henry Long

Born: 1889

Died: 1974

Spouse: Faye Albertson, Helen Byrne

Occupation: Journalist, author

Education: Harvard University (AB)


Read about the life and thought of Walter Lippmann in forthcoming weeks.

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