Contributed to Foreign Affairs, Atlantic Monthly, American Heritage, Harper's, The New York Times, and other magazines and journals. Served as research assistant, Institute of Public Relations, New York City and Tokyo (1934–35) worked as editorial assistant, The Nation, New York City (1936) stationed in Madrid to cover Spanish Civil War (1937) was staff writer, War in Spain, London (1937–38) served as American correspondent, New Statesman and Nation, London (1939) worked on Far East news desk, Office of War Information, New York City (1944–45) made trustee of Radcliffe College (1960) awarded Pulitzer Prize for The Guns of August (1962) awarded second Pulitzer for Still-well and the American Experience in China (1971) served on Smithsonian Council (1971–89) decorated, Order of Leopold First Class (Belgium) fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters (president, 1978–80) awarded AAAL Gold Medal for History (1978) served as treasurer of the Authors' Guild, on council of Authors' League, and as president of Society of American Historians (1971–73).

Tuchman, in 1940 children: Lucy, Jessica, Alma. Born Barbara Wertheim on January 30, 1912, in New York City died of complications following a stroke on February 6, 1989, in Greenwich, Connecticut daughter of Maurice Wertheim and Alma (Morgenthau) Wertheim Radcliffe College, B.A., 1933 married Dr. American historian and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize whose writings have become popular bestsellers and are celebrated for their vivid style.

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