Leech, Margaret, 1893-1974

Margaret Kernochan Leech was an American novelist, biographer, historian, and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner.

From the description of Margaret Leech papers, 1933-1973. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367993

From the guide to the Margaret Leech papers, 1933-1973., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974) also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American author and historian who won two Pulitzer Prizes in history, for her books Reveille in Washington (1942) and In the days of McKinley (1960). She began writing for the Condé Nast publishing company before World War I and also worked in advertising and publicity. After the war, she became friendly with the notables of the Algonquin Round Table. She married Ralph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York world, in 1928 (his father, Joseph Pulitzer, had established the Pulitzer Prize). They had one daughter, Susan, who graduated from Wellesley College in 1953 and married Sydney J. Freedberg in 1954.

From the guide to the Margaret Leech additional papers, ca. 1899-1994., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)