Freda Kirchwey

Freda Kirchwey (born Sept. 26, 1893, Lake Placid, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 3, 1976, St. Petersburg, Fla.) was an American editor and publisher, remembered for her long association with the liberal magazine The Nation. Kirchwey was the daughter of a Columbia University Law School professor and dean and later (1915–16) warden of Sing Sing State Prison (now Ossining Correctional Facility). She graduated from Barnard College, New York City, in 1915 and became a reporter for the...