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Cokie Roberts -- Grappling with the Civil War to Promote Women

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Published April 24, 2015 at 1:16 AM CDT

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Following Ladies of Liberty and Founding Mothers, NPR and ABC News regular Cokie Roberts has written another book giving women in American history credit where credit is due.

The latest, Capital Dames, looks at the Civil War and the Women of Washington, D.C. from 1848-1868.