Journalist, Author. In 1971, she became the first woman to received the Pulitzer Prize in the category of "National Reporting" for her series of stories on the domestic terrorist group the "Weather Underground." Raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts, her father was an executive at a metals manufacturing company, she studied English at Vassar College. After graduating, she relocated to London where she attained an entry level position with the United Press International and during this period, she launched her career as a journalist when she covered Northern Ireland's riots (1969). She returned to the United States and began investigating the terrorist group the "Weather Underground" around the time of member Diana Oughton's death in 1970 which led to her winning the Pulitzer one-year later. She went on to serve as a staff writer with the New York Times (1974 to 1977) and The New Yorker from 1992 until 2006. In 2007, she penned the book "My Father's Secret War: A Memoir" which depicted his experience as a spy during World War II. An earlier article she wrote became the basis for a 1993 TV-Movie titled "Whose Child is This? The War for Baby Jessica." She was married to former United States Attorney Robert Morgenthau from 1977 until his death. She died from cancer.
Journalist, Author. In 1971, she became the first woman to received the Pulitzer Prize in the category of "National Reporting" for her series of stories on the domestic terrorist group the "Weather Underground." Raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts, her father was an executive at a metals manufacturing company, she studied English at Vassar College. After graduating, she relocated to London where she attained an entry level position with the United Press International and during this period, she launched her career as a journalist when she covered Northern Ireland's riots (1969). She returned to the United States and began investigating the terrorist group the "Weather Underground" around the time of member Diana Oughton's death in 1970 which led to her winning the Pulitzer one-year later. She went on to serve as a staff writer with the New York Times (1974 to 1977) and The New Yorker from 1992 until 2006. In 2007, she penned the book "My Father's Secret War: A Memoir" which depicted his experience as a spy during World War II. An earlier article she wrote became the basis for a 1993 TV-Movie titled "Whose Child is This? The War for Baby Jessica." She was married to former United States Attorney Robert Morgenthau from 1977 until his death. She died from cancer.
Bio by: C.S.
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