On March 4, 2021, the Foundation, Library, and Museum welcomed author Catherine Grace Katz to discuss her book “The Daughters of Yalta.” Katz spoke as part of Women’s History Month. The discussion began with a brief history of the Yalta Conference, then a look at each of the delegations. Katz highlighted each daughter, all bound by fierce family loyalty and political savvy. Kathleen Harriman was a champion skier, war correspondent, and daughter of U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Averell Harriman. Sarah Churchill, an actress-turned-RAF officer, was devoted to her brilliant father Winston, who depended on her astute political mind. Franklin Roosevelt’s only daughter, Anna, chosen instead of her mother Eleanor to accompany the President to Yalta, arrived there as keeper of her father’s most damaging secrets. The talk concluded with audience questions and answers. Additional support for the program was provided by the National Archives Foundation and Maggie and Robert Boroujerdi.
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When
June 16, 2022
Program Supporters
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum
The National Archives Foundation
Maggie and Robert Boroujerdi
About Catherine Grace Katz
Catherine Grace Katz is a writer and historian from Chicago. She graduated from Harvard in 2013 with a BA in History and received her MPhil in Modern European History from Christ's College, University of Cambridge in 2014, where she wrote her dissertation on the origins of modern counterintelligence practices. She is currently pursuing her JD at Harvard Law School. The Daughters of Yalta is her first book.
