Lynne Cheney

Lynne Cheney has spent much of her professional life writing and speaking about the importance of knowing American history and teaching it well.

Mrs. Cheney is the author or co-author of eleven books, including America: A Patriotic Primer, A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots, and Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America, four children's books celebrating America's history and the principles on which the nation was founded. She has donated a portion of the proceeds from these books to charities across the nation, predominantly to projects that foster an appreciation of American history.

Mrs. Cheney, who has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, is former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

She is married to Vice President Dick Cheney.


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