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2012 Tucson Festival of Books: "Emerging from the Shadows: Women in the Lives of Wilson, Jefferson, and Twain"

Kristie Miller; Virginia Scharff; Laura Skandera Trombley

About the Program

From the 2012 Tucson Festival of Books, a panel discussion entitled, "Emerging from the Shadows: Women in the Lives of Wilson, Jefferson, and Twain."  The panelists include, Kristie Miller, Ellen and Edith: Woodrow Wilson's First Ladies, Virginia Scharff, The Women Jefferson Loved, and Laura Skandera Trombley, Mark Twain's Other Woman: The Hidden Story of His Final Years The panel is moderated by Judy Nolte Temple, women's studies professor, University of Arizona.

About the Authors

Kristie Miller

Kristie Miller is the author of Ruth Hannah McCormick: A Life in Politics, 1880-1944 and Isabella Greenway: An Enterprising Woman.  She is a former director of the Chicago Tribune Company.  For more information, visit kristiemiller.com.


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Virginia Scharff

Virginia Scharff is a history professor and director of the Center for the Southwest at the University of New Mexico.   She is the author of several books, including Twenty Thousand Roads: Women, Movement, and the West.  Ms. Scharff is a former president of the Western History Association.  For more information, visit virginiascharff.com.


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Laura Skandera Trombley

Laura Skandera Trombley is the author of numerous books, including Constructing Mark Twain: New Directions in Scholarship.  She is the president of Pitzer College.  For more information, visit lauratrombley.org.


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Program Information

2012 Tucson Festival of Books: "Emerging from the Shadows: Women in the Lives of Wilson, Jefferson, and Twain"

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  • Sunday, March 25th at 3:30pm (ET)
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