Mary Eberstadt

Mary Eberstadt grew up in rural upstate New York and graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a double major in philosophy and government. She worked as a speechwriter to American Secretary of State George Shultz and to US Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick. She is author of several influential works of nonfiction, the recipient of two honorary doctorates, and the executive director of the Center for Cultural Restoration. Mrs. Eberstadt and her husband, author Nicholas Eberstadt, raised their four children in Washington, DC.