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Book team of rivals was the inspiration for Stephen Spielbergs lincoln in 2012. Doctor goodwin earned her phd at harvard. So coming up, were going to re air her in death appearance where she discussed her entire body of work and took phone calls. Will also be showing you discussions from her books, leadership in turbulent times. In holy pulpit. So well start with a january 1st, 1995 the parents on cspan series footnotes. In this hourlong interview, she discussed franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in the home front during world war ii. Her book, no ordinary time, won the Pulitzer Prize for history. Now here is historian doris goodwin. Author no ordinary time. If you could ask either Franklin Roosevelt or Eleanor Roosevelt a couple of questions after all of the work that is done. What would you be. I think it would like to understand why she was unable a certain moment in the middle of the war when he asked her to be his wife again and stop traveling and stay home and take care of him, and i