Janet Huntington Brewster was an American philanthropist, writer, radio broadcaster and relief worker during World War II in London. Brewster was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1910 the daughter of Charles Huntington Brewster and Jennie Johnson. She was a direct lineal descendent of Elder William Brewster (pilgrim), (c. 1567 - April 10, 1644), the Pilgrim leader and preacher of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower. Her first cousin was Kingman Brewster, Jr.

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  • Janet Huntington Brewster was an American philanthropist, writer, radio broadcaster and relief worker during World War II in London. Brewster was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1910 the daughter of Charles Huntington Brewster and Jennie Johnson. She was a direct lineal descendent of Elder William Brewster (pilgrim), (c. 1567 - April 10, 1644), the Pilgrim leader and preacher of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower. Her first cousin was Kingman Brewster, Jr. , (June 17, 1919 – November 8, 1988) was an educator, president of Yale University, and the U. S. ambassador to the Court of St. James's from 1977 to 1981. Later, he was appointed master of University College, Oxford, serving from 1986 until his death there in 1988. She received her B.A. in economics and sociology in 1933 from Mount Holyoke College. As a student leader she met Edward R. Murrow, who was president of the National Student Federation of America. She married him on March 12, 1935 and were the parents of Charles Casey Murrow, (November 6, 1945 -) Yale University 1968 and an educator in Vermont as well as a co-director of Synergy Learning. During the heavy bombing of London Janet Murrow was arranging for the evacuation of children, not to the English countryside, but to homes generously offered in the United States. She served on the British-American Liaison Board, which helped to ease friction between American GIs and British civilians. She travelled throughout England lecturing for the American Embassy and for the Ministry of Information on American life to schools, civil defence units and other groups. She also gave a course on American history on BBC schools programmes. In 1946 she was awarded the King's Medal for Freedom in recognition of her services to international understanding. She was noted for her work in several organizations including serving as a trustee of Mount Holyoke from 1949 to 1959. She had always hankered after an academic career, and returned to Mount Holyoke College in 1970. She worked for nine years in its Art Museum, eventually becoming the Executive Director of the Art Advisory Committee. She travelled widely, raising over $2m on behalf of the college. She also served on the boards of National Public Radio and the Henry Street Settlement in Greenwich Village. She died in Needham, Massachusetts.
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  • Janet Huntington Brewster was an American philanthropist, writer, radio broadcaster and relief worker during World War II in London. Brewster was born in Middletown, Connecticut in 1910 the daughter of Charles Huntington Brewster and Jennie Johnson. She was a direct lineal descendent of Elder William Brewster (pilgrim), (c. 1567 - April 10, 1644), the Pilgrim leader and preacher of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower. Her first cousin was Kingman Brewster, Jr.
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  • Janet Huntington Brewster
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