Ruth S. Morgenthau
Ruth Schachter Morgenthau | |
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| Born | Ruth Schachter January 26, 1931 |
| Died | November 4, 2006 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Barnard College Institut d'Études Politiques Oxford |
| Occupation | Professor |
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| Children | 3 (including Kramer) |
Ruth Schachter Morgenthau (January 26, 1931 – November 4, 2006), was a professor of international politics at Brandeis University and an advisor to President Jimmy Carter on rural development in poor countries.
Biography
She was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 26, 1931, as Ruth Schachter. Her parents, Osias Schachter and Mizia (Kramer) Schachter, owned a textile importing company until they fled from the Nazis in 1940. She graduated from Barnard College in 1952, then attended the Institut d'Études Politiques in Paris as a Fulbright scholar. In 1958, she received a doctorate in politics from Oxford.[citation needed]
She was a member of the
Ruth married to Henry Morgenthau in 1962. They had two sons: Henry (Ben) Morgenthau (born 1964) and cinematographer Kramer Morgenthau (born 1966); and a daughter, Sarah Elinor Morgenthau Wessel (born 1963).[1][3][4]
She died on November 4, 2006, aged 75, in Boston, Massachusetts.[5]
Awards
In 1964, she wrote Political Parties in French-Speaking West Africa,
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ "Nancy Hafkin | Internet Hall of Fame". www.internethalloffame.org. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
- ^ Morgenthau Family Tree Archived 2015-12-20 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved October 3, 2015
- ^ New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Carlton Wessel, Sarah Morgenthau", nytimes.com, September 6, 1993.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ISBN 978-0-19-821624-7.
- ^ "Melville J. Herskovits Award Winners". African Studies Association.
External links
- Papers of Ruth S. Morgenthau, 1925-2006 (inclusive), 1963-2000 (bulk): A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
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