I am a photographer. Maureen Lipman's partner Guido Castro dies after contracting Covid This one, The Nixon Defense, is based on new transcripts and promises new revelations. That summer of 1973, she was the perfect Washington wife, standing by her man no matter what. Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? First they just wanted her name, and provided her with a ghostwriter. He studied at Colgate University and the College of Wooster in Ohio before earning a Juris Doctor (J.D.) I tried to leave the White House in September 1971, Dean explains in the interview, but says he was told, essentially, that he would become unemployable, persona non grata, in Washington if he didnt stick around for Nixons reelection campaign. But you know, we filmed over the course of seven months, and I have pandemic brain, so at the very beginning I knew a ton about Watergate, and by the end I was like, "Watergate? She shuddered just thinking about those women, whose lives were based not on talent or worth but on their husband's last appointment or election. Everyone thinks she and John are divorced, but the Deans (he's her third husband) just celebrated their 15th anniversary. ", She said she doesn't view the spouses of politicians "as doormats at all. But he also banned White House officials from going to The Post. Women often get left out or sidelined in the big political stories of American history. She couldn't resist his offer. You can refer to the. Born in October 1945. John W. Dean III (right), Maureen Dean (left), in the Senate - Alamy Thats why her friends call her Moby Dean., It was Dean who decided after the Watergate scandal that she and her husband should start life anew in her native Southern California. Maureen Dean wife of John Wesley Dean III who served as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April. Dean began working for the Nixon administration in 1970 and quickly rose through the ranks. Marlene Dean was born in 1942 in Illinois. 3. 5: Books Dean has published on Watergate, out of ten total. The Mitchells lived at the Watergate complex at the time of the break in. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. So Id have to say, Look, its fine if you tell me what to do in the office, but dont you dare start that at home. It got to be about that time that I decided I had to find a career for myself to take that pressure off the marriage., Many people who dont know them, in fact, assume the Deans are divorced. It's risky stuff.". More and More Women Are Paying Alimony to Failure-to-Launch Ex-Husbands. He was initially hired by President Richard Nixon to help with the defense against the Watergate allegations.