Janet Huntington Brewster (September 18, 1910 – December 18, 1998) was an American philanthropist, writer, radio broadcaster and relief worker during World War II in London.
After graduating from college, she considered working at the Henry Street Settlement House in New York, where many years later she would serve on the board.
She ultimately moved back with her parents and taught freshman English and commercial law at the high school in Middletown, Connecticut.
Janet and Edward were the parents of one child, a son, Charles Casey Murrow, born 1945, in west London.
[9] She arranged for the evacuation of children, not to the English countryside, but to homes generously offered in the United States.
She served on the British-American Liaison Board, which helped to ease friction between American GIs and British civilians.
She also served on the boards of National Public Radio and the Henry Street Settlement in Greenwich Village.