In this talk Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library, shared George Washington’s reading habits and his life-long quest to improve his knowledge. She also explored Washington’s dedication to supporting education institutions and his belief that an educated citizenry was essential to the future of the republic.

About the Speaker

Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky is a presidential historian and Executive Director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. Dr. Chervinsky is the author of the award-winning books Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents that Forged the Republic and The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, and co-editor of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture. Dr. Chervinsky regularly writes for public audiences in publications like the Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and provides commentary and historical context for outlets like CBS News, C-SPAN, Face the Nation, the New York Times, and NPR.