Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon
Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon, from a 1959 magazine
Born	September 26, 1921 Buffalo, New York, US
Died	October 9, 1983 Provence, France
Occupation	Editor
Known for	managing editor, Vogue (1962-1973); editor, Harper's Bazaar (1973-1978)

Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon (September 26, 1921 – October 9, 1983) was an American writer and magazine editor.

Rosemary Barnsdall was born in Buffalo, New York as a daughter of Jay Thornton Barnsdall Jr. and Grace L. Devine Barnsdall. ^[1] Her father was a lawyer. She graduated from Hamburg High School in 1939, and from Barnard College ^[2] in 1943, where she majored in Latin and Greek, and was the president of the Classical Club. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Blackmon worked in editorial and writing jobs after college. ^[6] Her Latin and Greek degree from Barnard helped her find a job with the American College Dictionary, and that work in turn introduced her to Wilfred J. Funk, with whom she worked on Word Origins and Their Romantic Stories (1950). ^[7] After her children were born, she returned to editing work, saying "I'm not really domestic and I have no talent for children." ^[3] She collaborated with photographer Irving Penn and publisher Alexander Liberman on Moments Preserved (1960). ^{[8] [9]}

Blackmon was managing editor of Vogue from 1962 to 1973, and wrote regularly for the magazine for a longer period, ^{[10] [11]} with titles like "I Went to the Fair" (1958), about the Expo 58 in Brussels, ^[12] "The Maugham Explosion at Sotheby's" (1962), ^[13] "New Japan" (1964), ^{[14] [15]} and "What Can Hypnosis Do for You" (1969). ^[16] William Safire suggested Blackmon may have coined the phrase "beautiful people" at Vogue. ^[17] She was an editor at Harper's Bazaar from 1973 to 1978. ^[18]

In 1945, ^[19] Rosemary Barnsdall married William A. Blackmon Jr. ^[3] They had children, Rosemary and William. She died in 1983, aged 62 years, in Provence. ^[18] A Claire McCardell wool dress and a linen shift dress by B. H. Wragge, both worn by Blackmon, are in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York. ^{[20] [21]}