Maggie Scarf Explained

Maggie Scarf
Birth Name:Margaret Klein
Birth Date:13 May 1932
Nationality:American
Spouse:Herbert Scarf (died 2015)
Children:3, including Susan and Martha

Margaret Scarf (née Klein; May 13, 1932) is an American writer, journalist, and lecturer.

Life and career

Her award-winning books and articles specialize in women, family relationships, and marriage in particular, including the best-selling books Unfinished Business: Pressure Points in the Lives of Women (Doubleday, 1980) and Intimate Partners: Patterns in Love and Marriage (Random House, 1987).[1] She is a former Visiting Fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, and at Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale. She was a Contributing Editor to The New Republic, and a member of the advisory board of the American Psychiatric Press.

Maggie Scarf resided in Sag Harbor, New York with her husband Herbert Scarf (1930–2015), economist and Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University. They have three daughters: Susan Scarf Merrell, Martha Samuelson, and Betsy S. Stone. She has eight grandchildren.

Public and media appearances

Scarf has lectured widely and made several television appearances (The Oprah Winfrey Show, five times; The Phil Donahue Show; The David Letterman Show; CBS News; Good Morning America; The Today Show; and radio shows including the Larry King Show.) She has been interviewed extensively on radio and for magazines and newspapers.

As of 2014, she blogs for Psychology Today.[2]

Bibliography

Representative Articles

Honors, Fellowships, and Prizes

Professional memberships

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nov 1986 | Intimate Partners | Scarf . The Atlantic . 2003-02-14 . 2014-05-28.
  2. Web site: Maggie Scarf . Psychology Today . 2014-05-28.
  3. Wolitzer, Hilma. "This Old Marriage". New York Times.
  4. Wolitzer, Hilma. "Maggie Scarf's September Songs. New York Times.
  5. Web site: Class of 1976.
  6. Web site: Maggie Scarf | Alicia Patterson Foundation.