Cokie Roberts on 'Ladies of Liberty,' interviewed by Pat Schroeder [video 58min]

Author and ABC News political commentator Cokie Roberts tells the story of some of early America's notable women and their achievements in Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation. In her book, she draws on personal correspondence, private journals and previously unpublished writings to recount the history of former first ladies such as Abigail Adams and Dolley Madison and other women such as Theodosia Burr, Aaron Burr's daughter. Roberts writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column with her husband, journalist Steve Roberts. She is the author of a number of other books, including We Are Our Mothers' Daughters and From This Day Forward. Roberts discussed her book with Pat Schroeder, CEO of the Associaton of American Publishers and former Democratic Congresswoman from Colorado.