Born: 27 December 1930, United States
Died: 13 May 1999
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Mary Ellen Greenfield
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1930, Dec. 27 Born Mary Ellen Greenfield, Seattle, Wash.
1952 B. A., Smith College, Northampton, Mass.
1952-1953 Fulbright scholar, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
1956 Director of research, New York state headquarters, Adlai E. Stevenson presidential campaign
1957-1968 Researcher (1957-1960), Washington correspondent (1961-1965), and Washington editor and bureau chief (1965-1968), Reporter magazine
1968 Employed briefly by Harper’s Magazine
1968-1999 Editorial writer (1968-1970), deputy editor (1970-1979), and editor (1979-1999) of the editorial page, Washington Post
1974-1999 Columnist, Newsweek
1978 Awarded Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing
1999, May 13 Died, Washington, D.C.
2001 Posthumous publication of Washington. New York: Public Affairs