It’s not that our commonly referred to “founding fathers” were unimportant. It’s just that many other people helped move the Colonies toward independence. Women, Native Americans and enslaved people were critical to the effort. Author, professor and historian Woody Holton has written extensively on this and joins Cardinal News 250 host Dutchie Jessee to talk about our nation’s “forgotten founders.”
See our previous profile of Holton.
Other Cardinal 250 podcasts:
- Retired Virginia Commonwealth University journalism professor Jeff South about the role of the press in Colonial Virginia.
- South also talks about Clementina Rind, the first woman to publish a newspaper in Virginia.
- Cheryl Wilson, executive director of the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission.
We’ll have additional podcasts with upcoming installments. To get notified, you can sign up for our free Virginia 250 newsletter.
