NPR’s Cokie Roberts Discusses New Children’s Book

Morning Edition contributor Cokie Roberts spent ten years as NPR’s congressional correspondent. But her life in politics didn’t begin there. Her parents were Congresswoman and ambassador Lindy Boggs and Congressman Hale Boggs, who served both as House Majority Leader and as a member of the Warren Commission.

Cokie Roberts’s latest work is a picture book for children about an earlier political era still. Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies explores the lives of women who made a difference during the colonial era. Recently, City Café host John Lemley sat down to talk with Roberts about the book, and we decided to re-visit the conversation now, in the waning days of Women’s History Month.

In part one of this interview, he began by asking her about a quip she’s frequently made—that most history books would have you believe this country was built entirely by men.