Mowrer, Lilian T. (Lilian Thomson). Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer papers. 1910-1970

Biographical Notes

Edgar Ansel Mowrer

• 1892, Mar. 8: Born, Bloomington, Ill.
• 1913: A.B., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• 1914: War correspondent in France and Belgium for the Chicago Daily News
• 1916: Married Lilian Thomson
• 1933: Published Germany Puts the Clock Back. New York: W. Morrow Awarded Pulitzer Prize in journalism Elected president, Foreign Press Association
• 1933 - 1940 : Head, Chicago Daily News bureau, Paris, France
• 1942: Deputy director, U.S. Office of Facts and Figures
• 1942 - 1943 : Deputy director, U.S. Office of War Information
• 1943: Started newspaper column, "Edgar Mowrer on World Affairs"
• 1947: Helped organize Americans for Democratic Action
• 1948: Published The Nightmare of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf
• 1952: Began second newspaper column, "What's Your Question on World Affairs?"
• 1956 - 1960 : American editor, Western World magazine
• 1968: Published Triumph and Turmoil: A Personal History of Our Time. New York: Weybright and Talley
• 1969 - 1976 : Moved to Wonalancet, N.H. Columnist, Manchester Union Leader, Manchester, N.H.
• 1972 - 1973 : Wrote "Freedom Diary (A Crucial Year)"
• 1973: Published, with Lilian T. Mowrer, Umano and the Price of Lasting Peace. New York: Philosophical Library
• 1977, Mar. 2: Died, Madeira, Madeira Islands

Lilian T. Mowrer

• 1889, Sept. 2: Born, London, England
• 1907: Student, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
• 1911 - 1913 : Student, Liverpool University, Liverpool, England
• 1916: Married Edgar Ansel Mowrer
• 1937: Published Journalist's Wife. New York: W. Morrow
• 1941: Published Arrest and Exile. New York: W. Morrow
• 1942: Published Rip Tide of Aggression. New York: W. Morrow
• 1943 - 1949 : District of Columbia chairman, Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace
• 1952: Published The United States and World Relations. New York: Harper
• 1960: Published The Indomitable John Scott. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
• 1973: Published, with Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Umano and the Price of Lasting Peace. New York: Philosophical Library
• 1990, Sept. 30: Died, Chicago, Ill.

From the guide to the Edgar Ansel Mowrer and Lilian T. Mowrer Papers, 1898-1978, (bulk 1933-1975), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)