Gertrude Marvin Williams
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Gertrude Marvin Williams (July 10, 1884 – April 16, 1974) was an American biographer and journalist.
Williams was born Gertrude Leavenworth Marvin on July 10, 1884. Her parents were Rev. Walter Marvin and Grace Marvin.[1]
Williams graduated from Wellesley College (1907) and received a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1937).[2] She worked as a reporter for The New York Evening Sun.[2]
She is best known for her critical biographies of Annie Besant and Helena Blavatsky which have received positive reviews.[3][4][5][6] According to a review of the book, Williams revealed that Blavatsky was a fraud and her "charlatanry was of the crudest variety".[7]
