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January 2, 2015

Freda Kirchwey, the Crusading Editor of The Nation (Video)

by Sara Alpern

Sara Alpern is the author of "Freda Kirchwey: A Woman of The Nation" (Harvard University Press, 1987). She spoke at the panel, "The Nation in the World: 150 Years of Critical Engagement," at the 2015 annual meeting of the American Historical Association. (Click on the tag "The Nation" above to see other panel presentations.)