Lisa Napoli’s third book, Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN and the Birth of 24-Hour News will be published by Abrams Press in May. She’s currently at work on a book about the founding mothers of NPR. A journalist and broadcaster, Lisa's first book was about helping to start a radio station in the Kingdom of Bhutan at the dawn of democratic rule. Her second was a biography of the late philanthropist, Joan Kroc, and tells the true story of the founding of McDonald’s.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, her fascination with the history of downtown Los Angeles has kept her resident there for nearly 16 years.http://www.lisanapoli.com
A native of Brooklyn, New York, her fascination with the history of downtown Los Angeles has kept her resident there for nearly 16 years.http://www.lisanapoli.com
Sessions in which Lisa Napoli participates
Sunday 5 April, 2020
Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
1 hour
For the tens of thousands of women who moved to the American West in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the challenges of the frontier mixed with, social and economic opportunities denied them back home. Many opted to begin a new life outside the bounds of conventual society itself. From property rights to the right to vote, the newfound power they wielded helped transform America from coast to coast.Professor Virginia Scharff, Women of the ...
