Doris Kearns Goodwin Net Worth

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Doris Kearns Goodwin Net Worth $10 Million Dollars

Doris Kearns Goodwin net worth: Doris Kearns Goodwin is an American author, historian, and political commentator who has a net worth of $10 million dollars. Doris Kearns Goodwin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Rockville Center, New York. She went to earn her undergraduate degree at Colby College, and then earned her doctorate from Harvard University in Government. The American author also wrote political commentary for The New Republic. The American author subsequently spent ten years as a professor at Harvard. Along with her teaching work, she started working on Lyndon B. Johnson’s memoir. The novel, entitled “Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream”, became a national bestseller when it was printed in 1977. Since then she’s won numerous literary awards, like the Pulitzer Prize.

Quick Facts

Birth date:	January 4, 1943
Birth place:	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Profession:	Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Actress
Education:	Bates College, Colby College, Harvard University
Nationality:	American
Spouse:	Richard N. Goodwin
Children:	Richard, Michael and Joseph Goodwin
Parents:	Helen Witt Kearns, Michael Francis Aloysius Kearns
Awards:	Lincoln Prize, Pulitzer Prize for History, Ambassador Book Award for Biography & Autobiography
Nominations:	National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography, News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story - Programs
Movies:	Lincoln

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Interesting Facts

#	Fact
1	Working on book about Abe Lincoln, after public controversy over plagiarism charges [June 2002]
2	Concord, Massachusetts; Author and historian [November 2011]
3	Mother of Michael Goodwin and Joseph Kearns Goodwin; Mother-in-law of Victoria Anne Bonney Goodwin;.
4	Former assistant to President Lyndon Johnson.
5	Favorite songs: "Don't Be Cruel" & "Smoke Gets Your Eyes" by Elvis Presley; "Blowing in the Wind" by Peter Yarrow, N. Paul Stookey and Mary Allin Travers (aka Peter, Paul and Mary); "Moondance" by Van Morrison.
6	In 1999, she was consulted by Steven Spielberg as part of his research about a film he wanted to make about Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin revealed that she was working on a book, entitled "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln". Spielberg immediately expressed interest in using this book as the basis for his film, and Dreamworks Pictures finalized the film rights in 2001. The book itself was not published until 2005.
7	Received the 2006 Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement from the Lincoln Forum.
8	Winner of 1995 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction for book "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II."
9	In the wake of accusations over plagiarism in her "The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys", history book in 1987, Goodwin resigned from board of Pulitzer Prize judges, 31 May 2002. Had been a member of the board since 1999.Resignation followed a probe since January, 2002 of possible plagiarism in other books of hers. She acknowledged she had long before made cash payment to author Lynne McTaggart to settle dispute over charges that Goodwin had plagiarized from her book, "Kathleen Kennedy".
10	Historian and author, she also serves as professor at Harvard where she earned her Ph.D. in political science. Is one of country's foremost presidential historians. She and her husband Dick, a famous speechwriter in Kennedy and Johnson administrations, have three sons. Besides her love for politics, is a major Boston Red Sox fan since childhood. As a child, she began writing about baseball games for her father. They live in Boston.
11	Also took leave from role as frequent TV commentator on "Newshour with Jim Lehrer," while some universities cancelled invitations for her speaking engagements.
12	Has a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Political Science. She is one of our country's foremost Presidential historians. She and her husband have three sons. Besides her love for politics, she has been a major baseball fan since her childhood. She is a big Boston Red Sox fan. As a child, she began writing about baseball games for her father. She is also a Harvard Professor of Government. Her husband, Richard N. Goodwin, worked as a presidential speechwriter. They live in Boston.
13	Historian and author.



Quotes

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1	[on the relationship between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft] Taft was Roosevelt's handpicked successor. I didn't know how deep the friendship was between the two men until I read their almost four hundred letters, stretching back the to early '30s. It made me realize the heartbreak when they ruptured was much more than a political division.
2	Roosevelt coined the phrase 'bully pulpit' for the platform a president has to influence public sentiment. I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out and he talked a lot about gun control and met with the parents, there was a sense that something was going to happen. But then, I guess, the power of special interests was greater than public sentiment.
3	Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep. His 'eyes would sparkle with fun', one old-timer remembered, 'and when he had reached the point in his narrative which invariably invoked the laughter of the crowd, nobody's enjoyment was greater than his'. His ability to counter criticism with humor was legendary. When told that he was two-faced, he instantly responded, 'If I had two faces, do you think I'd be wearing this face?'
4	Although Lincoln's voice was 'thin' and 'high-pitched', reporter Horace White recalled, it had 'much carrying power' and 'could be heard a long distance in spite of the bustle and tumult of the crowd'. While he seemed awkward at first, when he 'hit his stride', White observed, he grew 'very impassioned' and 'seemed transfigured' by the strength of his words.
5	Lincoln's singular way of walking, contemporaries observed, gave the impression his long, gaunt frame needed oiling. He would plod forward in an awkward manner, his hands hanging at his sides or folded, behind his back. His step had no spring, his law partner William Herndon recalled. He lifted his whole foot at once and then thrust it down on the ground rather than landing on his heel. 'His legs', another observer noted, 'seemed to drag from the knees down, like those of a laborer going home after a hard day's work'.
6	A lot of times when people are on campaigns, it can be like a movie set.



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