Mary Margaret Truman Daniel , also known as Margaret Truman or Margaret Daniel, was an American singer who later became a successful writer. The only child of US President Harry S. Truman, she was "a witty, hard-working Midwestern girl with singing talent who was neither particularly pretty nor terribly plain." Born in Independence, Missouri, she was christened Mary Margaret Truman but was called Margaret from early childhood. She attended school in Independence until her father's 1934 election to the U.S. Senate, after which her education was split between schools in Washington, D.C. and... Independence. In 1942, she matriculated at George Washington University, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi and earned a B.A. in History in 1946. In June 1944, she christened the battleship USS Missouri at Brooklyn Navy Yard; in 1986 she spoke at the ship's recommissioning. On April 21, 1956, Truman married New York Times reporter Clifton Daniel in Independence; he died in 2000. They had four sons: In later life, Truman lived in her Park Avenue home.
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