Additional papers of Mildred Adams, 1909-1981

Journalist, writer, and Spanish literature translator and critic Mildred Adams was born in Morrison, Illinois, January 8, 1894. She earned a degree in economics from the University of California, then moved to New York City where she wrote articles for her aunt, Gertrude Foster Brown, who was the editor of the Woman's Journal. She then became a feature writer and book reviewer for the New York Times and various magazines, including the London Economist. During World War II, she worked in the educational division of CBS. Adams translated six volumes of the works of Spanish philosopher José Orega y Gasset and wrote several books including The Right to Be People (1966) and Garcia Lorca: Playwright and Poet (1977). In 1935, she married William Houston Kenyon, Jr., an attorney. She was a director and member of the Foreign Policy Association and a director of the Near East Foundation and the Americas Foundation. Mildred Adams Kenyon died of a heart attack on November 5, 1980.