NYT Journalist Katie Rogers

New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers will discuss her new book, American Woman. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as a “well-written, extensively researched account of a challenging role in the public eye,” American Woman is the first definitive exploration of the changing role of the twenty-first-century First Lady. 

Since the Clinton era, shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of First Ladies, even as the boundaries set upon them have often remained anachronistic. With sharp insights and dozens of firsthand interviews with major players in the Biden, Obama, Trump, Bush, and Clinton orbits, including Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton, Rogers traces the evolution of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady from a ceremonial figurehead to a powerful political operator, which culminates in the tenure of First Lady Jill Biden.  

Katie Rogers is a White House correspondent for The New York Times, where she has worked since 2014. She has traveled the world covering two presidential administrations, writing extensively about domestic policy, foreign policy and the complicated dynamics of first families.  

Registration for this program is required. Copies of American Woman will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of the Learned Owl Book Shop. 

For more information, email askus@hudson.lib.oh.us or call (330) 653-6658 x1010.