Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling

Elizabeth Dowling Taylor received her PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. Over a 22-year career in museum education and historical research, she was director of interpretation at Thomas Jefferson s Monticello and director of education at James Madison s Montpelier. Most recently a fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Taylor is now an independent scholar and lecturer. She is the author of "A Slave in the White House". She lives in Barboursville, Virginia.