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| − | [[Image:Peggy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Peggy Noonan]] '''Peggy Noonan''' (born Margaret Ellen Noonan on September 7, 1950, in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]) is a columnist for The [[Wall Street Journal]] and best selling [[author]] of eight [[book]]s mostly on [[politics]] and [[religion]]. Her columns have also appeared in [[Forbes]], [[Time]], [[Newsweek]], the [[Washington Post]], and the [[New York Times]]. <ref>http://www.peggynoonan.com/biography.php</ref> | + | [[Image:Peggy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Peggy Noonan]] '''Peggy Noonan''' (born Margaret Ellen Noonan on September 7, 1950, in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]) is a columnist for The [[Wall Street Journal]] and best selling [[author]] of eight [[book]]s mostly on [[politics]] and [[religion]]. Her columns have also appeared in [[Forbes]], [[Time]], [[Newsweek]], the [[Washington Post]], and the [[New York Times]]. <ref>[http://www.peggynoonan.com/biography.php PeggyNoonan.com: Biography]</ref> |
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| | Noonan holds honorary doctorates from Adelphi University, St. John Fisher College, [[Miami University]], and her alma mater, Fairleigh Dickinson University. After serving as a producer for [[CBS]] [[News]], she worked as a speech writer for [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[administration]]. She wrote Reagan's famous 1986 speech after the [[Space]] Shuttle Challenger disaster. During the 1988 Presidential Election she also wrote memorable phrases for then-[[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] such as "a kinder, gentler nation" and "a thousand points of light." | | Noonan holds honorary doctorates from Adelphi University, St. John Fisher College, [[Miami University]], and her alma mater, Fairleigh Dickinson University. After serving as a producer for [[CBS]] [[News]], she worked as a speech writer for [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]]'s [[administration]]. She wrote Reagan's famous 1986 speech after the [[Space]] Shuttle Challenger disaster. During the 1988 Presidential Election she also wrote memorable phrases for then-[[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] such as "a kinder, gentler nation" and "a thousand points of light." |
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| | ==Books== | | ==Books== |
| − | *What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era (1990) | + | *''What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era'' (1990) |
| − | *Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (1994) | + | *''Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness'' (1994) |
| − | *Simply Speaking: How to Communicate Your Ideas With Style, Substance, and Clarity (1998) | + | *''Simply Speaking: How to Communicate Your Ideas With Style, Substance, and Clarity'' (1998) |
| − | *Character Above All (1999) | + | *''Character Above All'' (1999) |
| − | *The Case Against [[Hillary Clinton]] (2000) | + | *''The Case Against [[Hillary Clinton]]'' (2000) |
| − | *When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan (2001) | + | *''When Character Was King: A Story of [[Ronald Reagan]]'' (2001) |
| − | *A Heart, A Cross And A Flag (2003) | + | *''A Heart, A Cross And A Flag'' (2003) |
| − | *John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father (2005) | + | *''John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father'' (2005) |
| − | *Patriotic Grace: What it is and Why We Need it Now (2008) | + | *''Patriotic Grace: What it is and Why We Need it Now'' (2008) |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| − | <references/>
| + | {{reflist}} |
| | {{DEFAULTSORT:Noonan, Peggy}} | | {{DEFAULTSORT:Noonan, Peggy}} |
| | [[Category:Women Authors]] | | [[Category:Women Authors]] |
| | [[Category:Conservative Commentators]] | | [[Category:Conservative Commentators]] |