Margaret Hicks Williams

Margaret Hicks Williams ( Hicks; 1899-1972) was an American author and specialist in international affairs. A government official, she worked as a writer and political expert in the Military Intelligence Division, U.S. Department of War, before joining the U.S. State Department in 1944, serving in various roles. for The New York Times and contributed to many magazines, including Current History, The International Interpreter (later consolidated with The Outlook), Aero Digest, The Century Magazine, and others. She co-authored The American Year Book, 1925, and was the author of "Nations Gather to Assist China" (The New York Times, October 25, 1925); "Head of Bulgaria's Disordered House" (Washington Star, April 26, 1925); "Williamstown" (International Interpreter, September 8, 1923); "Japan's Envoy of Good Will" (The New York Times, January 4, 1925); "Scholar President Puts Austria Back on Her Feet" (The New York Times, December 21, 1924); "China in Anti-Foreign Mood" (Current History, July 1925); "America's Opportunity in Siberia" (Current History, December 1923); "Is Japan Overpopulated?" (Current History, September 1923); "Measuring the Heat of the Stars" (The New York Times, January 20, 1924); "New Forces in Old Japan" (Century, April 1926), and other works.

Awards and honors 1968, Meritorious Service Award from the State Department 1968, Professional Woman of the Year, District Chapter, National Federation of Business and Profession Women's Clubs

Selected works Co-author The American Year Book, 1925 To Live in Amity - The Story of the U.S. State Department

Articles "After the Earthquake in Japan" (Current History, December 1923) (text) "America's Opportunity in Siberia" (Current History, December 1923) "A New Era in Japanese Diplomacy" (The International Interpreter, December 22, 1923) (text) "China in Anti-Foreign Mood" (Current History, July 1925) "Constantinople Settings and Traits" (The Atlantic, February 1, 1927) "Head of Bulgaria's Disordered House" (Washington Star, April 26, 1925) "Is Japan Overpopulated?" (Current History, September 1923) "Japan's Envoy of Good Will" (The New York Times, January 4, 1925) "Japan and Russia in the East: Stunted Seeds of a Second Russo-Japanese War" ("The Virginia Quarterly Review", January 1927) (text) "Measuring the Heat of the Stars" (The New York Times, January 20, 1924) "Nations Gather to Assist China" (The New York Times, October 25, 1925) "New Forces in Old Japan" (Century, April 1926) (text) "Scholar President Puts Austria Back on Her Feet" (The New York Times, December 21, 1924) "Williamstown" (The International Interpreter, September 8, 1923)