She was promised a freewheeling mandate to cover contemporary affairs and personalities with the irreverent verve of a glossy magazine. Ms. MacPherson included the perspectives of nurses, mothers and wives as well as servicemen — some of whom said they were proud of what they did and some who said they were ashamed of it or traumatized by it. Ms. MacPherson was editor in chief of her high school newspaper, and she became night city editor of the student newspaper at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Ask The Post AIDive deeperMs. MacPherson, who left The Post in 1991, spent years contributing articles to Vanity Fair and other publications. Stone; and “The Scarlet Sisters” (2014), a dual biography of two fiercely independent 19th-century siblings, Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflin.

Source: Washington Post February 04, 2026 04:34 UTC