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Melanie Kirkpatrick

South Carolina
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Ex-#WSJ opinion editor, writer, senior fellow at #HudsonInstitute, and author of LADY EDITOR: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the Modern American Woman.
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‘An Inconvenient Widow’ Review: The First Lady in Mourning

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By Melanie Kirkpatrick
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Mary Todd Lincoln buried her husband as well as three of four sons. Grief of a different sort defined her relationship with her eldest child.
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Opinion | Who Gets to Choose Thanksgiving?

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By Melanie Kirkpatrick
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Americans have celebrated Thanksgiving for more than 400 years, beginning in 1621 when the Pilgrims and Wampanoag came together for their famous feast. It wasn’t until 1941, however, that the holiday’s date was codified in law, when Franklin Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress mandating its celebration on the fourth Thursday of November.
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‘The Roma’ Review: A People and a Prejudice

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By Melanie Kirkpatrick
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
There are enough stories of Romani suffering, past and present, to fill many volumes, but Madeline Potter, the author of “The Roma,” adds a new perspective. Without overlooking or playing down the Roma’s tragic history, she celebrates Romani arts and folklore, honors individual heroes and heroines, and praises the resilience that has ensured the Roma’s survival. Ms. Potter is herself Roma, born in Romania in 1989, and is currently a teaching and research fellow at the University of Edinburgh.
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