Margaret Carson (July 11, 1911 – October 11, 2007) was an American publicist who was highly influential within the classical music world.
She also notably served as the Metropolitan Opera's press director during the tenure of Edward Johnson and into the early portion of Rudolf Bing's career at the Met.
She also handled press relations for novelist Theodore Dreiser, poet Ezra Pound, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters during the 1940s.
[2] While working in New York during World War II, Carson married press agent Carl N. Ruff, with whom she briefly shared a public relations office.
[2] She also enjoyed long professional associations with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and jazz musician Benny Goodman.