Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim

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Dates:
Birth 1912-01-30
Death 1989-02-06
Birth 1912
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Historian and writer Tuchman (1912- ) received an A.B. from Radcliffe College (1933), and worked as a journalist and editor. She is the author of many prize-winning works, including The Guns of August (1962) and Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971).

From the description of Letter, 1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007438

New York-born American journalist and historian; Pulitzer-prize winning author of The Guns of August, 1962.

From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1966 Feb. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868244

Barbara Wertheim Tuchman was born in 1912, and received her B.A. degree from Radcliffe College in 1933. She served as a research assistant for the Institute for Pacific Relations, 1934-1935; was an editorial assistant at The Nation, 1936-1937; a staff writer for War in Spain, London, 1937-1938; American correspondent for New Statesman and Nation, London, 1939; and was with the Far East news desk, OWI, 1944-1945. Tuchman was best known as the author of many books and articles. She was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 1963 and 1972. Tuchman died in 1989.

From the description of Barbara Wertheim Tuchman papers, 1920-1982 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702167586

From the guide to the Barbara Wertheim Tuchman papers, 1920-1982, (Manuscripts and Archives)

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Subjects:

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  • Historians
  • Women
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Historians

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  • Asia (as recorded)
  • Asia. (as recorded)

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