10 Facts About Barbara Goldsmith

Barbara Goldsmith was an American author, journalist, and philanthropist.

Barbara Goldsmith received critical and popular acclaim for her best-selling books, essays, articles, and her philanthropic work.

Barbara Goldsmith was awarded four honoris causa doctorates, and numerous awards; been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, two Presidential Commissions, and the New York State Council on the Arts; and honored by The New York Public Library Literary Lions as well as the Literacy Volunteers, the American Academy in Rome, The Authors Guild, and the Guild Hall Academy of Arts for Lifetime Achievement.

Barbara Goldsmith received a Bachelor of Arts in 1953 from Wellesley College, where she majored in English, after which she took art courses at Columbia University.

In 1974 Barbara Goldsmith became an adviser to the Hearst Corporation and then Senior Editor of Harper's Bazaar, attracting top writers to the publication.

In 1975 Barbara Goldsmith completed her first book, The Straw Man, a novel about the New York art world.

Barbara Goldsmith died on June 26,2016, at the age of 85.

Barbara Goldsmith funded a state-of-the-art rare book library at the American Academy in Rome and a preservation and conservation treatment facility at Wellesley College.

Barbara Goldsmith served on the Presidential Commission on Preservation and Access during the Bill Clinton administration Administration and received the American Archival Association's top award.

Barbara Goldsmith helped establish the Core Freedoms Program which confines itself to free expression work in the United States.