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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