Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier

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Barbara A. Perry, who earned her doctorate in history at the University of Virginia, is the Carter Glass Professor of Government and founding executive director of the Center for Civic Renewal and the Virginia Law-Related Education Center at Sweet Briar College. Perry is author or co-author of four books on the U. S. Supreme Court and other legal topics. In her latest book, Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier, Perry argues that Mrs. Kennedy?s ?creative use of public imagery, which captured both the glamor and tragedy of the Kennedy presidency, made her an icon?one that shaped and reflected the intriguing decade of the 1960s.? A book signing will follow the Forum.