Midge Decter

Midge Decter Rosenthal ( born July 25, 1927 in Saint Paul ) is an American journalist and journalist.

Life

Decter attended the University of Minnesota, the Jewish Theological Seminary and the New York University. She then worked among others for Commentary and Harper 's Magazine. She has published in, among others The Atlantic, The Weekly Standard, National Review, The New Republic and The American Spectator. She was vice chairman of the think tank antikommonistischen Committee for the Free World. She is also founder of the conservative non-profit organization Independent Women 's Forum, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Heritage Foundation and a member of the Philadelphia Society. It is a signatory to the Statement of Principles of Project for the New American Century.

She is married to Norman Podhoretz and has four children, including John Podhoretz.

Awards

Writings (selection )

  • The Negro & the New York schools. A commentary report. American Jewish Committee, New York 1964.
  • The Liberated woman and other Americans. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York 1971.
  • The new chastity and other arguments against women 's liberation. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York 1972.
  • Liberal parents, radical children. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York 1975.
  • The Transatlantic Crisis. A Conference of the Committee for the Free World. Orwell Press, New York 1982.
  • Old Wife 's Tale, An. My Seven Decades in Love and War. Regan Books, New York 2001, ISBN 0-06-039428-5.
  • Rumsfeld: A Personal Portrait. Harper Collins, New York 2004, ISBN 0-06-056091-6.
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