About Linda Monk

Linda R. Monk, J.D., is a constitutional scholar, journalist, and nationally award-winning author. A graduate of Harvard Law School, she twice received the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, its highest honor for law-related media. Her books include The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution, Ordinary Americans: U.S. History Through the Eyes of Everyday People, and The Bill of Rights: A User’s Guide. For more than 20 years, Ms. Monk has written commentary for newspapers nationwide—including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune.

Ms. Monk was appointed by Governor Tim Kaine to the Board of Trustees for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, which commemorated the 400th anniversary of the founding of Virginia in 1607. She is also on the executive committee of the Board of Trustees for the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. Her museum work includes serving as the Lead Curator for the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum in Chicago, a Visiting Scholar at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, and a consultant to the Newseum, now in Washington, D.C. She also has conducted teacher training seminars for such groups as National History Day, George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, the National Archives, and the National Council for the Social Studies.