Foote, Audrey Chamberlain, 1926-

Writer and college teacher Audrey Chamberlain Foote was born in Darien, Connecticut, the daughter of Florabel Liggett and Warren Miller Chamberlain. She grew up in Connecticut and New York City, and attended Wellesley College (B.A. 1948), graduating with highest honors in English. She married Timothy G. Foote, who served with the U.S. Navy, in 1948, and the couple lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she studied at Harvard (M.A. 1949) and he finished his senior year. They had five children; their first child died in infancy. Timothy Foote worked as a writer and editor for Time and Life, and they lived in a number of places, including New York, Missouri, Connecticut, and France. Audrey Foote taught English and literature at a number of institutions, including Washington, Columbia, American, and George Washington universities. In 1986 Audrey Foote earned a doctorate at Columbia. She was the author of many book reviews for the Washington Post, the translator of Le Radeau de la Meduse (1970), and contributor to the Atlantic. She was also a feminist, a lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution, a volunteer for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the Underdog Railroad, and a lifelong vegetarian.

From the description of Papers of Audrey Chamberlain Foote, 1944- (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 712141108