Susan Jane Tolchin (January 14, 1941 – May 18, 2016) was an American political scientist.

Life

Susan Jane Goldsmith was born in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

to Jacob Goldsmith, a lawyer, and his wife Dorothy (née Markowitz), a teacher. She graduated from

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United ...

, the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

and

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

. She taught at Mount Vernon College, at The George Washington University during the early 1990s, and George Mason University. She married journalist

Martin Tolchin Martin Tolchin (September 20, 1928 – February 17, 2022) was an American journalist and author. He was a longtime political correspondent for ''The New York Times'', and later co-founded '' The Hill'' and ''Politico''. Early life and education ...

, a founder of

Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and intern ...

, in 1965, coauthored many books on American politics and remained married until her death. They had two children; Charles (d. 2003) and Karen. She died of ovarian cancer at her home in Washington on May 18, 2016, at the age of 75.

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References

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