Ellen Goodman

Here's Goodman's profile from a lecture agency. What's the focus of her biography on this page? How trustworthy do you feel the information is here? How can you tell?

Here's an introduction to Goodman from the Washington Press Club Foundation. How is the biographical information different from that presented in the page above? What's similar?

This page about I Know Just What You Mean offers a brief bio, a photo, and some related links.

This is the citation for her Pulitzer Prize. Do you recognize any of the other authors on the page? How would you go about researching them?

Interested in putting this author's work into a political and cultural context? This is the homepage of a Women's Movement site from Duke University's website, and it should be invaluable in getting you started.

Here are some quotations by Goodman. Did you find any that you could use in your own writing about this author?

Here is a review of her book I Know Just What You Mean. What did you learn about the book from the review? Needing what kind of information would require consulting the book itself?

Here's a column she wrote about coffee. To what drugs does she compare caffeine? What larger issue does she draw from the discussion? Where do you stand on that issue?

This is a transcript of a Frontlineinterview of Goodman in which she discusses politics, the state of the media, and feminism on the PBS show.

Hungry for more from this author? This is an article in which Goodman reveals the true nature of workplace harassment. Hint: Sexual harassment is not about sex.