She served as publisher of the liberal policy magazines the American Prospect and the Washington Monthly. Like her father, Ms. Straus mixed business and politics, although for years she focused primarily on the former. That year marked the beginning of a new professional focus for Ms. Straus. A young Diane split her childhood between New York, Geneva and Washington, where she graduated from Sidwell Friends School. “Monica is a bright, engaging and attractive young woman,’’ Ms. Straus wrote in a 1998 Westchester Wag column, amid the furor surrounding her new sister-in-law.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2018 00:33 UTC