Meg Greenfield
Mary Ellen Greenfield (December 27, 1930 – May 13, 1999), known as Meg Greenfield, was an American editorial writer who worked for The Washington Post and Newsweek. She was also a Washington, D.C., insider, known for her wit. Greenfield won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.
A book she authored was published posthumously.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Life and careerEdit
Greenfield was born in Seattle, the daughter of Lorraine (Nathan) and Lewis James Greenfield.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her family was Jewish. She attended The Bush School and graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1952. She also studied at Cambridge University as a Fulbright Scholar and was friends there with Norman Podhoretz, who also went on to a career in journalism.
She became influential in a male-dominated world and a close confidante of Post publisher Katharine Graham. She spent 20 years as the editorial page editor for The Washington Post and 25 years as a columnist for Newsweek. She influenced generations of Washington Post writers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
When diagnosed with cancer, Greenfield partly retired to Bainbridge Island in her native Washington, where she wrote a posthumously published memoir entitled Washington. She died of the disease, at age 68.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Greenfield was portrayed by Carrie Coon in 2017 film, The Post.
Awards and honorsEdit
- Greenfield won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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