Register of Historic Places. A Democrat like her husband, Kennan in 2006 contributed to the liberal interest group EMILY's List and to the successful re-election campaign of Democrat John Yarmuth of Louisville for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district seat. See also List of historians References External links Biography Retirement press release 1 Retirement press release 2 Press release on her official presidential portrait, 1996 1938 births Living people 21st-century American historians American women novelists Catholic University of America School of Arts and Sciences faculty Mount Holyoke College alumni Mount Holyoke College faculty Presidents and Principals of Mount Holyoke College People from South Hadley, Massachusetts People from Ipswich, Massachusetts People from Windsor County, Vermont Writers from Danville, Kentucky University of Washington alumni Writers from Philadelphia 20th-century American novelists American women historians 20th-century American women writers Massachusetts Democrats Vermont Democrats Kentucky Democrats Novelists from Pennsylvania Novelists from Massachusetts Novelists from Kentucky 20th-century American essayists Historians from Pennsylvania Historians from Massachusetts 21st-century American women writers Women heads of universities and colleges