Truman, Margaret (1924–)

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Truman, Margaret (1924–)

American writer, singer, and first daughter. Name variations: Margaret Truman Daniel. Born Mary Margaret Truman in Independence, Missouri, Feb 17, 1924; dau. of Harry S. Truman (president of US) and Bess Truman (1885–1982); George Washington University, BA, 1946; m. (E.) Clifton Daniel (award-winning foreign correspondent and managing editor of The New York Times), 1956 (died Feb 2000); children: Clifton Truman Daniel (b. around 1957); William Wallace Daniel (died Sept 4, 2000, age 41); Harrison Gates Daniel; Thomas Washington Daniel.

Viewed her brief residency in the White House as a mixed blessing: enjoyed meeting interesting people, but deplored the lack of privacy; following college, embarked on a concert career, making professional singing debut with Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Mar 16, 1947), on its weekly network radio program; made stage debut with Eugene Ormandy and Hollywood Bowl Symphony (1947), then toured some 30 cities; made tv appearance on Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town" (1950); conducted her own radio show, "Authors in the News," for 7 years and co-hosted the radio show "Weekday," with Mike Wallace; wrote biographies Harry S. Truman (1973) and Bess W. Truman (1986), collective biography, Women of Courage (1976), as well as a series of mystery novels, all set in Washington, DC.

See also autobiography, Margaret Truman's Own Story; and Women in World History.

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