Necessary Trouble

Set against the backdrop of the 1950s and 1960s, this audiobook chronicles Drew Gilpin Faust's journey from a privileged Southern upbringing to becoming an active participant in pivotal social movements of the era. It explores her resistance to societal expectations around gender and race, and how her love of learning and activism shaped her path as a historian. The narrative offers a compelling look at a time of profound change and the personal transformations that emerged from it.