Charlotte Y. Salisbury

Charlotte Young Salisbury ( – ) was an American travel writer who wrote seven books about her experiences in Asia.

Charlotte Young was born on in Weston, Massachusetts, the daughter of politician Benjamin Loring Young. She was educated at the Winsor School in Boston and the Dobbs School in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In the early 1930s, she was a model with the John Robert Powers agency.

She met New York Times Moscow correspondent Harrison Salisbury when he delivered a lecture in Salisbury, Connecticut. They married in 1964. In his book A Journey for Our Times (1983), Harrison Salisbury recalled their first meeting:No one I had met before had spoken with such cool and perfect honesty, the words tart and fresh, in a light but unmistakable Boston accent, the opinions warm, no qualifications...I had never before found a woman who would stand up to the devil (or Henry Kissinger) and tell the truth to his face.

Personal life From 1934 to 1939, she was married to Allston Boyer; they had one daughter. From 1940 to 1959, she was married to John A. Rand; they had three children. Harrison Salisbury died in 1993.