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Sallie's Posts on Doris Duke

The Zombie Law

June 26th, 2024 by Sallie Bingham in Politics, Women 1 Comment

Michelle Goldberg’s column in The New York Times describes the 1935 Federal Comstock Act as a threat that Americans have not taken seriously.

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Margaret in the Wilderness

April 2nd, 2023 by Sallie Bingham in Women, Writing 1 Comment

Surrounded by disasters of every kind, we are seeing the great strengths of our extraordinary adaptability, valued and valuable as it has never been before.

In Women, Writing Doris Duke The Silver Swan Margaret Erskine Taken by the Shawnee Ukraine

Doris Farewell

April 10th, 2022 by Sallie Bingham in Writing 4 Comments

Thursday night I was privileged to present a conversation about my book and Doris Duke in one of the huge gilded rooms at Rough Point…

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Doris Redux

April 6th, 2022 by Sallie Bingham in Writing, Theater Leave a Comment

I’m about to leave New York City in its grey rain for Newport and Rough Point, the big house on Ocean Avenue Doris inherited from her father and that seems to have been closely associated, for her, with her mother.

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Margaret in the Wilderness

March 17th, 2022 by Sallie Bingham in Women, Writing 2 Comments

Surrounded by disasters of every kind, we are seeing the great strengths of our extraordinary adaptability, valued and valuable as it has never been before.

In Women, Writing Doris Duke The Silver Swan Margaret Erskine Taken by the Shawnee Ukraine

The Silver Swan Sails Again

December 15th, 2021 by Sallie Bingham in Writing Leave a Comment

Due to the generosity of a store here in Santa Fe called Travel Bug, I was able to give a reading from the biography a few days ago to a large and appreciative crowd.

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Two Women: Margaret and Doris

September 24th, 2021 by Sallie Bingham in Women, Writing Leave a Comment

I’ve come to believe over the years that there is a core similarity that connects the lives of all women. I think it is our ability to adapt.

In Women, Writing Doris Duke The Silver Swan Margaret Erskine Taken by the Shawnee 21 Favorites of 2021

Doris Duke: A Lifetime Search for Faith

March 17th, 2021 by Sallie Bingham in Writing, Religion 2 Comments

On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 I presented a talk to The Library Committee of The Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe, New Mexico entitled “Doris Duke: A Lifetime Search for Faith.”

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Vindication

February 17th, 2021 by Sallie Bingham in Writing, New Mexico Leave a Comment

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s grant of 1.6 million dollars to pay for the digitalization of thousands of tape-recorded oral histories of indigenous people has a special meaning for me.

In Writing, New Mexico Doris Duke The Silver Swan 21 Favorites of 2021

And Now, Margaret Sanger

July 22nd, 2020 by Sallie Bingham in Women, Philanthropy 2 Comments

Yesterday, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York removed the name of Margaret Sanger, “founder of the organization,” from its Manhattan clinic because of her “harmful connection to the eugenics movement.”

In Women, Philanthropy Doris Duke The Silver Swan 20 Favorites of 2020 Margaret Sanger

From CBS: Doris Duke's home, now a museum of Islamic art. Heiress Doris Duke built a home in Honolulu that was a testament to the cultures she discovered in her 'round-the-world travels. And now it's a museum, the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design. Conor Knighton visits.