COKIE ROBERTS

“Cokie Roberts regularly dissects the power dynamics of modern-day Washington. As an author, though, she’s demonstrated a special regard for the farther reaches of American history and its behind-the-scenes players.” – New York Times Book Review

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale – Horvitz Auditorium
One East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

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954-357-7382

Broward Public Library Foundation

welcomes National Public Radio, ABC

News political commentator, the Emmy

Award-winning Cokie Roberts for a

discussion about her latest book Capital

Dames.

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

Horvitz Auditorium

One East Las Olas Boulevard

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Cokie Roberts offers a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, influence, and contributions of its women during one of the most dramatic periods in America’s history.

With CAPITAL DAMES: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868 (HarperCollins; On Sale April 19, 2016), she zeroes in on the wives, sisters, and female friends of the men leading America into, and through, this unprecedented conflict. Because of the war, these “belles” of Washington society blossomed into suffragists, journalists, social activists, and philanthropists, engaging with the issues of the day on their own terms and, along with the women who worked in and influenced the government, transformed a sleepy, social Southern city into a place of power and action.

Ticket price: $75

Quantity of tickets available: 256

Join best-selling author Cokie Roberts as she offers a riveting look at Washington, D.C. and the experiences, contributions, and impact of women who helped shape the nation in Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848-1868.

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WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
WHERE: NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale – 1 East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301; This event is sponsored by the Broward Public Library Foundation as a fundraiser in support of Broward Public Libraries