New Books in Biography
Hosted by Sullivan Summer · Marshall Poe
3.8from 86 ratings
- 2,013
- Episodes
- 156
- Transcribed
- 86
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2008
- First episode
About New Books in Biography
This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography
- Publisher
- Marshall Poe
- Category
- history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 27 Feb 2008
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
156 of 2,013 episodes have a transcript.
16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy (UP of Kansas, 2026)
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People's Constitution with Jesse Wegman (Celadon Books, 2026)
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Walking with Beth: Conversations with My 100-Year-Old Friend with Merilyn Simonds (Random House Canada, 2025)
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Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher J. Leahy and Sharon Williams Leahy (UP of Kansas, 2026)
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Julia had a younger sister. They believed in a way similar to what a lot of American parents were beginning to believe by the early 1830s, moving away from that concept of Republican motherhood and really educating everybody. their daughters in in substantial ways so they firmly believed in education uh julia went to madame shaderi's institute for young ladies in new york city she boarded there when she was in her teenage years and she got a really rigorous education uh you know it wasn't a mere finishing school as you see sometimes described she uh learned literature history astronomy French, in addition to music and art. […]
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