Midge Decter was an American journalist and author.
20 Facts About Midge Decter
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Midge Decter was a critic of feminism and the women's liberation movement.
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Midge Decter was the youngest of three daughters of Rose and Harry Rosenthal, a sporting goods merchant.
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Midge Decter attended the University of Minnesota for one year, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1946 to 1948, and New York University, but did not graduate from any of them.
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Midge Decter initially identified as a liberal on the political spectrum.
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Midge Decter was assistant editor at Midstream, before working as secretary to the then-editor of Commentary, Robert Warshow.
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Midge Decter then began working in publishing as an editor at Basic Books and Legacy Books.
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Midge Decter's writing has been published in Commentary, First Things, The Atlantic, National Review, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, and The American Spectator.
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Together with Donald Rumsfeld, Midge Decter was the co-chair of the Committee for the Free World, an anti-communist organization.
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Midge Decter was one of the original champions of the neoconservative movement with her spouse, Norman Podhoretz.
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Midge Decter was a founder of the Independent Women's Forum, and was founding treasurer for the Northcote Parkinson Fund, founded and chaired by John Train.
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Midge Decter was a member of the board of trustees for The Heritage Foundation.
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Midge Decter was a board member of the Center for Security Policy and the Clare Boothe Luce Fund.
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Midge Decter was arguably the leading antifeminist in the United States prior to Phyllis Schlafly's rise to prominence.
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Midge Decter was a critic of the women's liberation movement.
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Midge Decter was a senior fellow at the Institute of Religion and Public Life.
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Midge Decter was one of the signatories to Statement of Principles for the Project for the New American Century.
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Midge Decter served on the national advisory board of Accuracy in Media.
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In 2008, Midge Decter received the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
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Midge Decter died on May 9,2022, at her home in Manhattan.