Jean M. Yarbrough is a professor of government and the Gary M. Pendy Sr. professor of social sciences at Bowdoin College. She is the author of “Theodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition” (University of Kansas Press, 2012), which won the 2013 Richard E. Neustadt Prize for best book on the presidency.
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Today marks the 115th anniversary of the swearing-in of Theodore Roosevelt, who would turn out to be our first progressive president. Roosevelt was thrust suddenly… Read More
