Susan Tolchin
{{Short description|American political scientist}}
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University of Chicago
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Susan Jane Tolchin (January 14, 1941 – May 18, 2016) was an American political scientist.
Life
Susan Jane Goldsmith was born in Manhattan to Jacob Goldsmith, a lawyer, and his wife Dorothy (née Markowitz), a teacher.
She graduated from Bryn Mawr College, the University of Chicago and New York University.
She taught at Mount Vernon College, at The George Washington University during the early 1990s, and George Mason University.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/20/books/susan-tolchin-political-scientist-who-foresaw-tide-of-voter-anger-dies-at-75.html|title=Susan Tolchin, Political Scientist Who Foresaw Voter Anger, Dies at 75|last=Grimes|first=William|date=May 19, 2016|newspaper=New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=May 27, 2016}}
She married journalist Martin Tolchin, a founder of Politico, in 1965, coauthored many books on American politics and remained married until her death. They had two children; Charles (d. 2003) and Karen.{{Cite news|date=August 9, 2003|title=Charles P. Tolchin, 34, Author And Lecturer on Cystic Fibrosis|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/09/us/charles-p-tolchin-34-author-and-lecturer-on-cystic-fibrosis.html|access-date=November 20, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} She died of ovarian cancer at her home in Washington on May 18, 2016, at the age of 75.{{cite news|last1=Berstein|first1=Adam|title=Susan Tolchin, scholar who focused on role of women in politics, dies at 75|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/susan-tolchin-scholar-who-focused-on-role-of-women-in-politics-dies-at-75/2016/05/19/5fa9dbc6-1dbd-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html|accessdate=May 28, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|date=May 19, 2016|quote=Martin Tolchin, a veteran Washington correspondent for the New York Times who later was publisher of the Hill newspaper, which covers Congress and political campaigns, and a founder of the political news website Politico.}}{{cite news |title=MARTIN TOLCHIN |url=https://www.politico.com/staff/martin-tolchin |accessdate=May 7, 2020 |work=Politico |quote=he is helping launch Politico}}{{cite news |last1=DAN DIAMOND |title=Trump set to ask for more coronavirus cash |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2020/02/24/trump-set-to-ask-for-more-coronavirus-cash-785616 |accessdate=May 7, 2020 |work=Politico |date=February 24, 2020 |quote=Martin Tolchin, the founder of The Hill and a member of POLITICO's founding editorial team}}
Works
- {{cite book|author1=Martin Tolchin|author2=Susan J. Tolchin|title=Pinstripe Patronage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qj9ACwAAQBAJ|date=December 22, 2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-25418-8}}
- {{cite book|author=Susan J. Tolchin|title=The Angry American: How Voter Rage is Changing the Nation|url=https://archive.org/details/angryamericanhow00tolc|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Westview Press|isbn=978-0-8133-6754-5}}
- {{cite book|author1=Martin Tolchin|author2=Susan J. Tolchin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t221AAAAIAAJ|title=Clout: Womanpower and Politics|date=1976|publisher=Putnam|isbn=9780698106000}}
- {{cite book|author1=Martin Tolchin|author2=Susan J. Tolchin|title=To The Victor...|date=1971|publisher=Random House|isbn=9780394460369|url=https://archive.org/details/tovictorpolitica00tolc|url-access=registration}}
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Category:Bryn Mawr College alumni
Category:Deaths from cancer in Washington, D.C.
Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer in the United States
Category:George Mason University faculty
Category:George Washington University faculty
Category:New York University alumni