Some families are synonymous with the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: the Vanderbilts, the LaFollettes, the Roosevelts, and the Astors to name a few. Dr. David Patterson joins the show to remind us of another dynasty: the Pinchots, a reform-minded, Presbyterian family that held sway in Washington and Pennsylvania from the Civil War to the Kennedy administration.
Essential Reading:
David Patterson, The Pinchots: A Family Saga (2023).
Recommended Reading:
Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism (2001).
Gifford Pinchot, Breaking New Ground (1947).
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