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Kathleen Harriman Mortimer (December 7, 1917 – February 17, 2011) was an American journalist and socialite who played an important role in helping her father and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with behind-the-scenes management of the American delegation to the Yalta Conference.
19 de feb. de 2011 · A daughter of W. Averell Harriman, Mrs. Mortimer’s life was a window onto Gilded Age America and the changing role of American women in the era between the world wars.
24 de feb. de 2011 · Kathleen Lanier (Kathy) Harriman was a granddaughter of E. H. Harriman, who amassed a fortune between $70 million and $100 million as head of Union Pacific Railroad. She graduated from Bennington College in 1940 with a degree in social science.
When Kathleen Lanier Harriman was born on 7 December 1917, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, her father, Gov. William Averell Harriman, was 26 and her mother, Kathleen Lanier "Kitty" Lawrance, was 24. She married Stanley Grafton Mortimer Jr. in 1947, in United States.
Kathleen Harriman was a champion skier, war correspondent, and daughter of U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Averell Harriman. Sarah Churchill, an actress-turned-RAF officer, was devoted to her brilliant father, who depended on her astute political mind.
The papers of Kathleen Lanier Harriman Mortimer (1917-2011) span the years 1935-2011, with the bulk of the material dating from 1941 to 1946. The collection documents Mortimer’s journalism career and social activities in London and
18 de abr. de 2018 · On May 16, 1941, Kathleen Harriman, the daughter of the new American special envoy to Britain, W. Averell Harriman, was on a train speeding to London for her first look at war.
