Commentary Series
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VT Women: Fanny Allen

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March is women’s history month and in anticipation of the Lake Champlain quadricentennial, VPR is honoring the memory of five women who figured prominently in the history and culture of the Champlain Valley. Writer and historian Cyndy Bittinger has the story of Fanny Allen, privileged daughter of Ethan Allen who chose a life of service.
Commentary Series

Radio President

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Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the death of Calvin Coolidge, the only U.S. President buried in the hills of Vermont. Commentator Cyndy Bittinger is executive director of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, and she says that despite his reputation as a man of few words, Coolidge was actually a communications visionary.
VPR Series and Specials

Dorothy Thompson’s Vermont Journal

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Dorothy Thompson was a larger-than-life public figure, one of the most famous women of the 1930s and 40s and a part-time Vermonter. VPR presents “Dorothy Thompson’s Vermont Journal”, a series of commentaries by Cyndy Bittinger, based on her research of Thompson’s life.