Greenfield, Meg

Editor and journalist. Full name: Mary Ellen Greenfield. Born 1930; died 1999.

From the description of Meg Greenfield papers, 1890-1999 (bulk 1952-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132910

Biographical Note

• 1930, Dec. 27: Born Mary Ellen Greenfield, Seattle, Wash.
• 1952: B. A., Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
• 1952 - 1953 : Fulbright scholar, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
• 1956: Director of research, New York state headquarters, Adlai E. Stevenson presidential campaign
• 1957 - 1968 : Researcher (1957-1960), Washington correspondent (1961-1965), and Washington editor and bureau chief (1965-1968), Reporter magazine
• 1968: Employed briefly by Harper's Magazine
• 1968 - 1999 : Editorial writer (1968-1970), deputy editor (1970-1979), and editor (1979-1999) of the editorial page, Washington Post
• 1974 - 1999 : Columnist, Newsweek
• 1978: Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing
• 1999, May 13: Died, Washington, D.C.
• 2001: Posthumous publication of Washington. New York: Public Affairs

From the guide to the Meg Greenfield Papers, 1890-1999, (bulk 1952-1999), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)