Nancy Lenkeith

Nancy Lenkeith (aka, Nancy Lenkeith Horneffer; 9 May 1922 - 11 Aug 2015) was an American writer. She worked for Voice of America radio. She is known for her testimony before US Senator Joseph McCarthy about dismissal from government service, defending Abraham Lincoln, reading a favorable review of Whittaker Chambers' 1952 memoir Witness, and refusing to live with her supervisor in a commune.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Free Love Invitation". San Bernardino Sun. 21 February 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Voice Aides Claim Scripts Helped Reds". Detroit Free Press. 21 February 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ Krugler, David F. (2000). The Voice of America and the Domestic Propaganda Battles, 1945-1953. University of Missouri Press. pp. 189–193, 190 (writer). ISBN 9780826213020. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  4. ^ Hart, Justin (2013). Empire of Ideas: The Origins of Public Diplomacy and the Transformation of U. S. Foreign Policy. Oxford University Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 9780199323890. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  5. ^ Filreis, Alan (2014). Wallace Stevens and the Actual World. Princeton University Press. p. 247. ISBN 9781400861705. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  6. ^ Oshinsky, David (2005). A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy. Oxford University Press. pp. 271–272. ISBN 9780195154245. Retrieved 24 February 2019.