Growing Up, Cokie Roberts Didn't Learn Much About the Founding Mothers Either

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Amy Jeffries

Published April 24, 2014 at 5:38 PM CDT

Roughly a decade ago, NPR news analyst Cokie Roberts authored a best-selling book about the women who were behind, and in some cases alongside, the Founding Fathers.

There’s a new illustrated version, for kids, called,Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies.

Cokie Roberts will be talking about Founding Mothers at her alma mater, Academy of the Sacred Heart on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Friday, April 25 at 8:45 a.m.

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Amy Jeffries

Amy started her career in public radio at WNPR in Hartford, CT more than a decade ago. NPR flew her in to Baton Rouge to help WRKF cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while she was still based in the North. Here she found her journalistic calling.

Growing Up, Cokie Roberts Didn't Learn Much About the Founding Mothers Either

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