(1893-11-07)November 7, 1893 Newburgh, New York, U.S.
Died
February 24, 1974(1974-02-24) (aged 80) New York City, U.S.
Occupation
Historian
writer
Nationality
American
Education
Vassar College (BA)
Genre
Fiction
Notable awards
Pulitzer Prize for History (1942, 1960) Bancroft Prize (1960)
Spouse
Ralph Pulitzer
(m. 1928; died 1939)
Children
1
Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974), also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American historian and fiction writer. She won the Pulitzer Prize for History both in 1942 (Reveille in Washington, Harper) (first woman to win for history) and in 1960 (In the Days of McKinley, Harper).[1]
^"History". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
Margaret Kernochan Leech (November 7, 1893 – February 24, 1974), also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American historian and fiction writer. She won...
each year. Five people have won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice. MargaretLeech, 1942 for Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 and 1960 for In the Days...
History Marquis James, Biography George S. Kaufman, Drama (both shared) MargaretLeech, History David Levering Lewis, Biography Robert Lowell, Poetry Norman...
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Beatrice Kaufman, editor and playwright (married to George S. Kaufman) MargaretLeech, writer and historian Herman J. Mankiewicz, screenwriter Harpo Marx...
in 1901, were negligently handled. According to McKinley biographer MargaretLeech, McKinley's apparent recovery "was merely the resistance of his strong...
in the domestic market over foreign competitors. McKinley biographer MargaretLeech noted that Canton had become prosperous as a center for the manufacture...
1922. In 1928, Ralph Pulitzer married Vassar College graduate Margaret Kernochan Leech, who, after his death, received two Pulitzer Prizes for her own...
1607–1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (1941) Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 by MargaretLeech (1942) Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (1943)...
1607–1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (1941) Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 by MargaretLeech (1942) Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (1943)...
Anthony Comstock: Roundsman of the Lord (1927), Heywood Broun and MargaretLeech of the Algonquin Round Table, examines Comstock's personal history and...
1607–1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (1941) Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 by MargaretLeech (1942) Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (1943)...
1607–1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (1941) Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 by MargaretLeech (1942) Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (1943)...
an increasingly close relationship. According to McKinley biographer MargaretLeech: In choosing McKinley as the object on which to lavish his energies...
1607–1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (1941) Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 by MargaretLeech (1942) Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (1943)...
and to consult with him upon important matters". McKinley biographer MargaretLeech recorded that the two men were friends almost as soon as they met. The...
1607–1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (1941) Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 by MargaretLeech (1942) Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (1943)...
1607–1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (1941) Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 by MargaretLeech (1942) Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (1943)...
Claude Fuess, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Burton J. Hendrick, Marquis James, MargaretLeech, David McCullough, Jon Meacham, Edmund Morris, and Henry F. Pringle...
Canfield Fisher, Frank Gervasi, Florence Jaffray Harriman, Fannie Hurst, MargaretLeech, Walter Millis, Bertrand Russell, John R. Tunis, Carl Van Doren, Pierre...
1607–1860 by Marcus Lee Hansen (1941) Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865 by MargaretLeech (1942) Paul Revere and the World He Lived In by Esther Forbes (1943)...