Midge Decter was a writer and editor who turned away from liberalism to help establish the intellectual groundwork for the neoconservative movement and the so-called cultural wars over feminism, homosexual rights, and other social problems.

Midge Decter, a prominent neoconservative, died at the age of 94.

Decter, a neoconservative writer, and commentator have died. Decter, the widow of Norman Podhoretz, a retired Commentary editor, and fellow neoconservative, died at the age of 94. She was a well-known writer and pundit who fought the cultural revolution of the 1960s, as well as the growth of feminism, affirmative action, and the LGBT rights movement, with a blunt and tenacious approach.

Decter, like her husband, was a Democrat who was turned off by the left’s “heedless and mindless” politics in the 1960s and later. “Liberal Parents, Radical Children,” “The New Chastity,” and the memoir “An Old Wife’s Tale” were among her works.

Midge Decter Age, Family, Early Life

Midge Decter was born on  July 25, 1927 (94 years old) in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. He holds an American Nationality. She belongs to the white ethnicity. His Zodiac sign is not known.

Decter was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to a Jewish family. Rose and Harry Rosenthal, a sporting goods merchant, were her parents.

 Midge Decter Husband, What about her Relationship?

Ruthie Blum and John Podhoretz, both conservative columnists, were born to her and Norman Podhoretz. Rachel Decter (1951–2013), who married Elliott Abrams in 1980, was her daughter from her first marriage to Moshe Decter.

Midge Decter’s Career, What was her profession?

She worked as an assistant editor at Midstream and subsequently as the secretary to Robert Warshow, the editor of Commentary at the time. Midge later worked for Willie Morris as executive editor of Harper’s Magazine. She went on to work as an editor at Basic Books and Legacy Books after that. Commentary, First Things, The Atlantic, National Review, The New Republic, The Weekly Standard, and The American Spectator have all published her work.

Decter co-chaired the Committee for the Free World with Donald Rumsfeld and was a founding member of the neoconservative movement with her husband, Norman Podhoretz. She was also a founding member of the Independent Women’s Forum and the Northcote Parkinson Fund, which was founded and chaired by John Train, and was a member of The Heritage Foundation’s board of trustees. Midge also served on the boards of the Clare Boothe Luce Fund and the Center for Security Policy. She was also a member of the Philadelphia Society, serving as its president for a period.

Decter called Russell Kirk, the Society’s founder, an anti-Semite when he made a joking remark regarding the presence of Jewish academics in the neoconservative movement. She also worked at the Institute of Religion and Public Life as a senior fellow. She is a signatory to the Project for the New American Century’s Statement of Principles.

How much is Midge Decter Net Worth?

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Which school and college did he go to?

She studied at the University of Minnesota, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and New York University, but did not receive a diploma from any of them.

Physical Appearance of Midge Decter’s Height, Weight

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