Margaret Ellen Noonan was born on the 7th September 1950 in Brooklyn, New York City, USA of Irish origin, and is a bestselling author and columnist who writes mainly for the Wall Street Journal. She wrote speeches for US President Ronald Reagan and was one of his assistants. In 2017, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. Noonan has been active in the industry since 1970s.
How much is the net worth of Peggy Noonan? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $3 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017.
Peggy Noonan Net Worth $3 Million
To begin with, the girl was raised in Brooklyn, and was educated at Rutherford High School, then graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Concerning her professional career, she started as a writer for CBS News aired on CBS Radio, then took the position of news writer for WEEI Radio, in which she was promoted to Editorial Director, followed by serving as the Public Affairs Director at the same radio station, and from 1978 to 1979, she worked at New York University. She is known for writing the speeches for the President Reagan, especially the one which he delivered at the Pointe du Hoc during the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1984, as well as for his televised speech from the Oval Office after the crash of the space shuttle Challenger. In addition, Peggy Noonan is known to be the author of some notable expressions in the speeches of Vice President George W. Bush during the 1988 presidential election. She also consulted on creation of political drama series “The West Wing” (1999 – 2006).
Actually Noonan is known as the author of more than 10 books; she released her first book – “What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era” – in 1990. In the same decade, the author wrote four more books – “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” (1994), “Simply Speaking: How to Communicate Your Ideas With Style, Substance, and Clarity” (1998), “On Speaking Well” (1999) and “Character Above All” (1999).
In 2000, Noonan released “The Case Against Hillary Clinton” in which the author gives her own assessment of related scandals and failures. The following year, the biography “When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan” was released. She has also written several patriotic books including “A Heart, A Cross and A Flag” (2003), and “Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now” (2008). In addition, she wrote the book about the past pope “John Paul The Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father” (2005). Recently, her book “The Time of Our Lives: Collected Writings” (2015) was published. Currently, Noonan serves as a columnist of “The Wall Street Journal” as well as a commentator on the news.
Finally, in the personal life of the author and columnist, she married Richard W. Rahn in 1985, and they have a son but divorced in 1989. Currently, she is single and resides in New York City.
