Harlow Giles Unger joins Leonard for a discussion of founding father Dr. Benjamin Rush. (10/22/18)
Remembered primarily as America's leading, most influential physician, Dr. Benjamin Rush led the Founding Fathers in calling for abolition of slavery, equal rights for women, improved medical care for injured troops, free health care for the poor, slum clearance, citywide sanitation, an end to child labor, free universal public education, humane treatment and therapy for the mentally ill, prison reform and an end to capital punishment. In this installment of “Leonard Lopate at Large,” New York Times bestselling author Harlow Giles Unger talks about his new book “Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation” about this American patriot too often confined to the footnotes of history.