Frances (Fineman) Gunther, journalist and writer, was born in 1897 in New York, the younger of two children of Sonia (Paul) and Dennis Fineman who were both Russian Jews. She attended Barnard College, with a year at Radcliffe, and graduated in 1921.
Frances met John Gunther in 1925, and they were married in 1927. John became well known for a series of books, including Inside Europe (1936) and Inside Asia (1939).
Their two children died before reaching adulthood, Judy in 1929, before her first birthday, and John, Jr. (Johnny) at 17, in 1947. Johnny's fifteen month struggle with a brain tumor was the subject of his father’s “Death Be Not Proud”. His mother Frances wrote the last chapter.
As foreign correspondent for the London News Chronicle, Frances reported on the establishment of a fascist regime in Austria in 1934. She collaborated with her husband on many projects throughout the world. During WWII she wrote articles and made speeches which were critical of British imperialism and advocated India’s independence. Her speeches were collected in a book “Revolution in India.”
In 1949 Frances joined other Zionists in settling the newly established state of Israel. She took Hebrew lessons and, inspired by Martin Buber and other provocative thinkers whom she met there, began a long range study of Arab Israeli relations. Her interest in the connections between religion and politics culminated in an unpublished work entitled "A Study of Theo Politics."
She was living in Jerusalem at the time of her death in 1964.
Information from Frances Fineman Gunther Papers, 1915-1963; item description, dates. 87-M176--88-M130, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
The papers of Frances (Fineman) Gunther were given to the Schlesinger Library by Mary Ann Sanders von Euler, a friend and classmate of FFG's son John, in November 1987.
Frances met John Gunther in 1925, and they were married in 1927. John became well known for a series of books, including Inside Europe (1936) and Inside Asia (1939).
Their two children died before reaching adulthood, Judy in 1929, before her first birthday, and John, Jr. (Johnny) at 17, in 1947. Johnny's fifteen month struggle with a brain tumor was the subject of his father’s “Death Be Not Proud”. His mother Frances wrote the last chapter.
As foreign correspondent for the London News Chronicle, Frances reported on the establishment of a fascist regime in Austria in 1934. She collaborated with her husband on many projects throughout the world. During WWII she wrote articles and made speeches which were critical of British imperialism and advocated India’s independence. Her speeches were collected in a book “Revolution in India.”
In 1949 Frances joined other Zionists in settling the newly established state of Israel. She took Hebrew lessons and, inspired by Martin Buber and other provocative thinkers whom she met there, began a long range study of Arab Israeli relations. Her interest in the connections between religion and politics culminated in an unpublished work entitled "A Study of Theo Politics."
She was living in Jerusalem at the time of her death in 1964.
Information from Frances Fineman Gunther Papers, 1915-1963; item description, dates. 87-M176--88-M130, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
The papers of Frances (Fineman) Gunther were given to the Schlesinger Library by Mary Ann Sanders von Euler, a friend and classmate of FFG's son John, in November 1987.
Frances (Fineman) Gunther, journalist and writer, was born in 1897 in New York, the younger of two children of Sonia (Paul) and Dennis Fineman who were both Russian Jews. She attended Barnard College, with a year at Radcliffe, and graduated in 1921.
Frances met John Gunther in 1925, and they were married in 1927. John became well known for a series of books, including Inside Europe (1936) and Inside Asia (1939).
Their two children died before reaching adulthood, Judy in 1929, before her first birthday, and John, Jr. (Johnny) at 17, in 1947. Johnny's fifteen month struggle with a brain tumor was the subject of his father’s “Death Be Not Proud”. His mother Frances wrote the last chapter.
As foreign correspondent for the London News Chronicle, Frances reported on the establishment of a fascist regime in Austria in 1934. She collaborated with her husband on many projects throughout the world. During WWII she wrote articles and made speeches which were critical of British imperialism and advocated India’s independence. Her speeches were collected in a book “Revolution in India.”
In 1949 Frances joined other Zionists in settling the newly established state of Israel. She took Hebrew lessons and, inspired by Martin Buber and other provocative thinkers whom she met there, began a long range study of Arab Israeli relations. Her interest in the connections between religion and politics culminated in an unpublished work entitled "A Study of Theo Politics."
She was living in Jerusalem at the time of her death in 1964.
Information from Frances Fineman Gunther Papers, 1915-1963; item description, dates. 87-M176--88-M130, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
The papers of Frances (Fineman) Gunther were given to the Schlesinger Library by Mary Ann Sanders von Euler, a friend and classmate of FFG's son John, in November 1987.
Frances met John Gunther in 1925, and they were married in 1927. John became well known for a series of books, including Inside Europe (1936) and Inside Asia (1939).
Their two children died before reaching adulthood, Judy in 1929, before her first birthday, and John, Jr. (Johnny) at 17, in 1947. Johnny's fifteen month struggle with a brain tumor was the subject of his father’s “Death Be Not Proud”. His mother Frances wrote the last chapter.
As foreign correspondent for the London News Chronicle, Frances reported on the establishment of a fascist regime in Austria in 1934. She collaborated with her husband on many projects throughout the world. During WWII she wrote articles and made speeches which were critical of British imperialism and advocated India’s independence. Her speeches were collected in a book “Revolution in India.”
In 1949 Frances joined other Zionists in settling the newly established state of Israel. She took Hebrew lessons and, inspired by Martin Buber and other provocative thinkers whom she met there, began a long range study of Arab Israeli relations. Her interest in the connections between religion and politics culminated in an unpublished work entitled "A Study of Theo Politics."
She was living in Jerusalem at the time of her death in 1964.
Information from Frances Fineman Gunther Papers, 1915-1963; item description, dates. 87-M176--88-M130, folder #. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
The papers of Frances (Fineman) Gunther were given to the Schlesinger Library by Mary Ann Sanders von Euler, a friend and classmate of FFG's son John, in November 1987.
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