its Trustees' Award. Her work with ACT culminated in the passage of the Children's Television Act of 1990, and she received a Peabody Award in 1991. In 1995, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Personal life In 1951, she married Stanley Charren, an engineer; they had two daughters. The couple lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She died on January 22, 2015. In her later years, she had vascular dementia. References Sources The Paley Center for Media External links Biography from John Vivian's "The Media of Mass Communication" Interview with Peggy Charren by 360KID on 360Blog, May 2008 Beyer, Janet. "Peggy Charren", Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia 1928 births 2015 deaths Jewish American activists Peabody Award winners 20th-century American Jews Hunter College High School alumni Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients People from Cambridge, Massachusetts Connecticut College alumni Activists from New York City 21st-century American Jews Deaths from vascular dementia