Margaret Scarf (née Klein; May 13, 1932) is an American writer, journalist, and lecturer.

Life and career

Her award-winning books and articles specialize in women, family relationships, and marriage in particular, including the best-selling books ''Unfinished Business: Pressure Points in the Lives of Women'' (Doubleday, 1980) and ''Intimate Partners: Patterns in Love and Marriage'' (

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, 1987). She is a former Visiting Fellow at the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University, and at Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy at Yale. She was a Contributing Editor to ''

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'', and a member of the advisory board of the American Psychiatric Press. Maggie Scarf resided in Sag Harbor, New York with her husband Herbert Scarf (1930–2015), economist and

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of Economics at

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. They have three daughters:

Susan Scarf Merrell Susan Scarf Merrell is an American author who has published novels, short stories, and essays. Her second novel, ''Shirley'', about a young woman who goes to live with novelist Shirley Jackson and Stanley Edgar Hyman in their Bennington home in 196 ...

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, and Betsy S. Stone. She has eight grandchildren.

Public and media appearances

Scarf has lectured widely and made several television appearances (''

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'', five times; '' The Phil Donahue Show''; '' The David Letterman Show''; CBS News; ''

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''; '' The Today Show''; and radio shows including the ''

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''.) She has been interviewed extensively on radio and for magazines and newspapers. As of 2014, she blogs for ''

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''.

Bibliography

* ''Body, Mind, Behavior'', New Republic Press, 1976, * ''Unfinished Business: Pressure Points in the Lives of Women'', Doubleday and Co., Inc., 1980, * ''Intimate Partners: Patterns in Love and Marriage'',

, 1987, * ''Intimate Worlds: How Families Thrive and Why They Fail'',

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, 1997, * ''Meet Ben Franklin'', Random House Books for Young Readers, 2002, * ''Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: How the Body Holds the Secrets of a Life, and How to Unlock Them'',

, 2005; Reprint edition. * ''September Songs: The Good News About Marriage in the Later Years'', Riverhead, 2009, * ''The Remarriage Blueprint: How Remarried Couples and Their Families Succeed or Fail'', Scribner, 2013,

Representative Articles

* Brain researcher Jose Delgado asks: What Kind of Humans Would We Like to Construct?

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

, Nov 15, 1970 * The Man Who Gave Us 'Inferiority Complex,' 'Compensation,' `Overcompensation.'

, Feb 28, 1971. * Oh, For a Decent Night's Sleep!

, Oct 21, 1973. * From Joy to Depression.

, Apr 24, 1977. * The More Sorrowful Sex.

, April 1979.
The Mind of the Unabomber

, Jun 10, 1996.

Honors, Fellowships, and Prizes

* Ford Foundation Fellow, 1973–74 * Nieman Fellow in Journalism (

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) 1975-76 * Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1977–78 *

Alicia Patterson Foundation The Alicia Patterson Foundation (APF) program was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson Alicia Patterson (October 15, 1906 – July 2, 1963) was an American journalist, the founder and editor of ''Newsday''. With Neysa McMein, she cre ...

Fellow, 1978–79 * Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1985–86 * Grantee, The Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc., 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 * National Media Award, American Psychological Foundation, 1971 * First Prize, National Media Award, American Psychological Foundation, 1974 * National Media Award, American Psychological Foundation, 1977 * Connecticut United Nations Award: Outstanding Connecticut Women, 1987 * Connecticut Psychological Association: Certificate of Appreciation, "in recognition of her contribution to the public understanding of psychological knowledge," 1988 * Certificate of Commendation, Robert T. Morse Writer's Competition,

American Psychiatric Association The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world. It has more than 37,000 members are involve ...

, 1997 * Honoree of the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work, 1998

Professional memberships

* PEN Writer's Association * Connecticut Society of Psychoanalytic Psychologists * The Elizabethan Club of Yale University

References

External links

Maggie Scarf's Official Website (archived version)

Why Second Marriages are More Perilous
''Time Magazine'', October 4, 2013

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