In an interview with Vanity Fair, the presidential historian reflects on her whirlwind marriage, the tumult of the ’60s, and the through line of chronicling America’s giants. “They wanted to be able to accomplish something worthwhile,” she says, “so their story could be told after they die.
Goodwin married Richard Goodwin in 1975. They stayed together for more than 42 years before he died after a brief bout with cancer. Before their marriage, he was a presidential aide and speechwriter for John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and then for presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy. Later in life, the pair dove into Richard’s archives for this book, reliving the 1960s one vivid memory at a time.
It becomes even more now because the presidential rankings are alive with them, so they know they’re already being put in that pantheon. But, more importantly than that, it’s just that sense of fulfillment that comes if you’re lucky enough to have chosen a vocation where it can really maybe make life better for other people. So, it was a time when public service was honored. In comparison to today, people wanted to go into public life.
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