"Eppie Lederer Esther Pauline ""Eppie"" Lederer (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002), better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice columnist and eventually a nationwide media celebrity. She began writing the ""Ask Ann Landers"" column in 1955 and continued for 47 years, by which time its readership was 90 million people. A 1978 ""World Almanac"" survey named her the most influential woman in the United States. She was the identical twin sister of Pauline Phillips, who wrote the ""Dear Abby"" advice column as Abigail Van Buren. Lederer was a profile-raiser for several medical"
"Pauline Phillips Pauline Esther ""Popo"" Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the ""Dear Abby"" column in 1956. During her decades writing the column, it became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, syndicated in 1,400 newspapers with 110 million readers. From 1963 to 1975, Phillips also hosted a daily ""Dear Abby"" program on CBS Radio. TV anchorwoman Diane Sawyer calls her the ""pioneering queen of salty advice"". Pauline Esther Friedman, nicknamed ""Popo"", was born in Sioux City,"
"was survived by her husband of 73 years, Morton Phillips, daughter Jeanne Phillips, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Her son, Edward, died in 2011 at the age of 66. Pauline Phillips Pauline Esther ""Popo"" Phillips (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013), also known as Abigail Van Buren, was an American advice columnist and radio show host who began the ""Dear Abby"" column in 1956. During her decades writing the column, it became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, syndicated in 1,400 newspapers with 110 million readers. From 1963 to 1975, Phillips also hosted a"
"had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Jeanne Phillips continues to write under the pen name ""Abigail Van Buren"". Jeanne Phillips' ""Dear Abby"" column is syndicated in about 1,400 newspapers in the U.S. with a combined circulation of more than 110 million. ""Dear Abby""'s website receives about 10,000 letters per week, seeking advice on a large variety of personal matters. Jeanne Phillips began assisting her mother, Pauline Phillips, with the ""Dear Abby"" column at the age of 14 in order to earn an allowance. When Jeanne asked her mother for an allowance, Pauline answered, ""What are you going to do for"
"Ruth Crowley in 1943. This similar column, Ask Ann Landers, was written from 1955 to 2002 by the elder Phillips twin sister Eppie Lederer. This produced a rivalry and lengthy estrangement between the two sisters. On February 13, 1987, the ""Chicago Tribune"" announced that the Ann Landers column was moving to the ""Tribune"", which had published the Dear Abby column for years. The ""Tribune"" ran both columns, Landers every day and Abby six days a week. After Eppie Lederer's death, the spirit of the column was continued by Lederer's editors, Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, under the name Annie's Mailbox."
"Jeanne Phillips Jeanne Phillips (; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column ""Dear Abby."" She is the daughter of Pauline Esther ""Popo"" Phillips, who founded ""Dear Abby"" in 1956, and her husband, Morton Phillips. In a ""Dear Abby"" column on December 12, 2000, Pauline introduced Jeanne as co-creator of ""Dear Abby"". They began to share the byline ""Abigail Van Buren"", and both were pictured with the column. Jeanne officially assumed the mantle of ""Dear Abby"" in August 2002, when the Phillips family made the announcement that Pauline"
"Dear Abby Dear Abby is an American advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name ""Abigail Van Buren"" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name. According to Pauline Phillips, she came up with the pen name ""Abigail Van Buren"" by combining the name of Biblical figure Abigail in the Book of I Samuel, with the last name of former U.S. President Martin Van Buren. The column was syndicated by McNaught Syndicate from 1956 until 1966, when it moved to Universal Press Syndicate. Dear Abby's"
"name Abigail Van Buren, after the Old Testament prophetess from the Book of Samuel: ""Then David said to Abigail ... 'Blessed is your advice and blessed are you."" ""Van Buren"" was used after the president, Martin Van Buren. Phillips says that because she applied for the columnist job without notifying her sister first, it created bad feelings between them for many years. Each wrote her own advice column, and as competing columnists, they sometimes clashed; in 1956, Phillips offered her column to the ""Sioux City Journal"" at a reduced price, provided the paper refused to print her sister's column. The"
"stopped driving. Her daughter Jeanne said, ""She quit after skidding into the back of a coal truck during a Wisconsin winter,"" with Jeanne having a life-long scar from the crash. From 1987 until her mother's retirement, her daughter Jeanne co-wrote the column. In 2002, when Phillips' Alzheimer's disease made it impossible for her to continue writing, Jeanne assumed all the writing responsibilities of ""Dear Abby"". After the family's announcement of Pauline's illness, Jeanne assumed the pen name Abigail Van Buren. Phillips died on January 16, 2013, at the age of 94, after having battled Alzheimer's disease for 11 years. She"
"period after Crowley's death, various writers, including Connie Chancellor, took over the column. By including expert advice from authorities, which none of her competitors did, Eppie Lederer won a contest to become the new writer of the column, debuting on October 16, 1955. The column opened with a letter from a ""Non-Eligible Bachelor"" who despaired of getting married. Her advice was, ""You're a big boy now...don't let spite ruin your life."" Lederer went on to advise thousands of other readers over the next several decades. Eventually, she became owner of the copyright. News America Syndicate distributed the Landers column before"
"Florida Sun-Sentinel"" in 2001, Lederer said: ""Jeanne has been working with her mother for 20 years, and it seems to be a perfect fit."" Lederer's daughter, Margo Howard, wrote an advice column for 45 years until 2013. After Phillips' appearance on ""Larry King Live"", her cousin Howard censured her. Phillips said: ""The term a lot of people have been using is feud. All I can say, and this is from my heart to yours, there's no feud on my part. I wish my cousin the best."" Phillips married a ""brilliant, charming, talented"" man in the 1970s, a California lawyer, but"
"Barbara Grier Barbara Grier (November 4, 1933 – November 10, 2011) was an American writer and publisher most widely known for co-founding Naiad Press and writing and editing ""The Ladder"" under the pseudonym Gene Damon. Born in Cincinnati to Dorothy Vernon Black, a secretary, and Philip Strang Grier, a doctor, Grier grew up in several midwestern US cities. She claims she came out as a lesbian at 12 years old and spent her life finding as much information about female homosexuality as she could. Her parents divorced when she was 13 years old. Grier went to the library to discover"
"Medal Books; ""We Two Won't Last"", 1963 Gold Medal Books; ""Take a Lesbian to Lunch"", 1972. Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999) wrote under various pen names, eventually becoming quite popular for her Avalon and Darkover series. For years Bradley refused to admit she authored her early paperback lesbian fiction, and was reluctant to publicly speak about her work on ""The Ladder"". Bradley wrote: ""I am a Lesbian"", 1962 as Lee Chapman; ""No Adam for Eve"", 1966 as John Dexter; ""My Sister, My Love"", 1963 as Miriam Gardner; ""Twilight Lovers"", 1964 as Miriam Gardner; ""The Strange Women"", 1967 as Miriam Gardner; ""Spare"
"the Member-elect for Minnesota's 3rd congressional district after his victory in the November 2018 general election. Jeanne Phillips Jeanne Phillips (; born 1942), also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column ""Dear Abby."" She is the daughter of Pauline Esther ""Popo"" Phillips, who founded ""Dear Abby"" in 1956, and her husband, Morton Phillips. In a ""Dear Abby"" column on December 12, 2000, Pauline introduced Jeanne as co-creator of ""Dear Abby"". They began to share the byline ""Abigail Van Buren"", and both were pictured with the column. Jeanne officially assumed the"
""""", edited by Robin Morgan. Barbara Grier died of cancer in Tallahassee on November 10, 2011. She was 78. Barbara Grier Barbara Grier (November 4, 1933 – November 10, 2011) was an American writer and publisher most widely known for co-founding Naiad Press and writing and editing ""The Ladder"" under the pseudonym Gene Damon. Born in Cincinnati to Dorothy Vernon Black, a secretary, and Philip Strang Grier, a doctor, Grier grew up in several midwestern US cities. She claims she came out as a lesbian at 12 years old and spent her life finding as much information about female homosexuality"
"to commentaries on California and national politics, racism, women's rights and suffrage, morality, education, temperance, and many other issues. Later, she began using the pseudonym Semper Fidelis. Since ""The Elevator"" had a circulation that extended throughout the American West, Carter achieved regional and in some cases national exposure for her work. She also published in the Philadelphia paper the ""Christian Recorder"". Carter claimed to live in a community called Mud Hill, a town ""a great deal prettier than its name would signify"", but biographer Eric Gardner has said Mud Hill was a pseudonym. She also claimed to be sixty years"
"""Dr. Phil"" McGraw who called himself ""a very big fan of hers"" after her death. Joyce Brothers Joyce Diane Brothers (née Bauer; October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality and columnist, who wrote a daily newspaper advice column from 1960 to 2013. In 1955, she became the only woman ever to win the top prize on the American game show ""The $64,000 Question"", answering questions on the topic of boxing, which was suggested as a stunt by the show's producers. In 1958, she presented a television show on which she dispensed psychological advice, pioneering"
"yourselves, stop being ashamed and start creating a place for yourselves on this earth. It is not inconceivable. There are societies in the past which allowed homosexuals their place,"" said one visiting psychotherapist. Poetry submissions began almost immediately, as did short story submissions with lesbian themes. Book reviews of current paperbacks were regular features, including a heated exchange in print between contributors to ""The Ladder"" and author Marijane Meaker as Ann Aldrich from 1957 to 1963. Meaker had written the immensely successful ""Spring Fire"" in 1952 under the name Vin Packer and was known to the Daughters of Bilitis. Meaker's"
"Street, in front of the Chicago Tribune Tower, the headquarters of her home paper since 1987. The nicknaming of the street was celebrated with a parade and sparklers—a favorite of hers. In 2003, a collection of correspondence between Lederer and her daughter was published. In 2006, David Rambo wrote a play about the life and work of Lederer as Ann Landers. The production was revived in 2008 at the Pasadena Playhouse in California, starring Mimi Kennedy. Eppie Lederer Esther Pauline ""Eppie"" Lederer (née Friedman; July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002), better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was"
"argumentation of why she was opposed to abortion, euthanasia and genetic manipulation, she referred to the eugenetics of the Nazi-ideology. Burnier was born Catharina Irma Dessaur in The Hague, The Netherlands to Jewish parents Salomon Dessaur and Rosa Louisa Jacobs. Like many other Jewish children in Europe, she went into hiding during World War II, and was separated from her parents for three years (1942–1945), hiding in sixteen different locations under the alias Ronnie van Dijk. During her time in hiding, Burnier became aware of the lack of rights that women experience in a male-dominated society and began to feel"
"Helen Bottel Helen A. Bottel (March 13, 1914 – April 18, 1999) was an American newspaper columnist who wrote the long-running, nationally syndicated advice column Helen Help Us! in the 1960s and 1970s. Although not as well known as the Dear Abby or Ann Landers columns, King Features Syndicate's ""Helen Help Us!"" syndicated call-in show addressed concerns from parents regarding child behaviour, discipline, and parent-child relationships. Her advice focused on acknowledging what parents have control over (their own actions) and how to effectively apply limits and guidance to their children. One was teenage dating: she ran the ""Stamp Out Steadying"""
"equal the popularity of ""Li'l Abner"". Capp abandoned the strip in 1945, turning the writing chores over to his brother, Elliot Caplin. Van Buren stayed on the strip, and it ended with his retirement in 1971. Van Buren lived in Great Neck, Long Island. When he died in 1988 at North Shore Community Hospital in Manhasset, Long Island, after suffering an injury in a fall, he was 96 years old. In 1984, When Van Buren sent a gift to ""Dear Abby"" columnist Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Phillips), she wrote back on November 30, 1984, thanking him and commenting on the"
"Mystery"". Stoutenburg later wrote, ""After publishing in many magazines, I seriously settled down to writing books in 1951. She had published four books of children's fiction by 1956, when she moved to California to become an editor at Parnassus Press, a publisher of children's literature. She held the position at Parnassus Press until 1958. Over her career, Stoutenburg published about forty books of juvenile fiction and non-fiction. Several of the works were co-authored with Laura Nelson Baker, with whom Stoutenburg lived. Stoutenburg also published under the pseudonyms Barbie Arden, Lace Kendall, and Nelson Minier (the latter jointly with Baker, e.g."
"a daughter, Barbara, and later divorced. She began her career writing weekly interview articles and film reviews for the ""New York Morning Telegraph"". Between 1929 and 1941, she published 99 stories in ""The New Yorker"", including nine signed with her pseudonym Esther Evarts. Her stories ""The Overcoat"" and ""Suite 2049"" were selected as O. Henry prize stories for 1935 and 1936. Her collection, ""People are Fascinating"" (Covici Friede,1936) includes almost all the stories Benson had then published in ""The New Yorker"", plus four from ""American Mercury"". She followed with another collection, ""Emily"" (Covici Friede, 1938). ""Stories of the Gods and"
"Leiden. Beginning in 1983, Burnier had a relationship with Ineke van Mourik. Burnier died unexpectedly in Amsterdam at the age of 71 due to a stroke. She was buried at the Liberaal Joodse Begraafplaats Gan Hasjalom in Hoofddorp. Burnier chose a pseudonym, because she wanted to keep her private person strictly separated from her literary person. This was necessary, because she did not want to be known as the author of a possibly controversial book, which could have hurt her academic career. She chose a male pseudonym, because it was easier if she was not seen as a female writer,"
"under the pseudonym of Alice B. Emerson. Benson's most famous project while working for the Syndicate was ghostwriting for the Nancy Drew series under the name ""Carolyn Keene."" In addition to the Nancy Drew mysteries, Benson also wrote ""The Dana Girls"" series using the same pseudonym. Later, Benson also wrote many other series, including the Penny Parker books which were published under her own name. She often told interviewers they were her favorites. The books were about the adventures of a young newspaper reporter. Benson herself continued writing for newspapers until her death. She wrote under a dozen names and"
"an art and dance critic, and settled into retirement to wait out the war years, concentrating on doing welfare work. She began a second career when Richard Buckle persuaded her to start writing reviews of dance performances for his magazine ""Ballet"", working in tandem with her husband. Finding the arrangement congenial, they called themselves Alexander Bland, a pseudonym derived from the names of two characters in the tales of Beatrix Potter: Pigling Bland, who is described as ""hopelessly volatile"" and his brother Alexander. In 1955, when Buckle left his post as dance critic for ""The Observer"", a weekly newspaper published"
"after her death. Van Bruggen died in Laren at the age of 51 from an overdose of sleeping pills. Carry van Bruggen Carry van Bruggen (1 January 1881 – 16 November 1932) was a Dutch writer. She also wrote under the name Justine Abbing. One of 16 children of Izak de Haan and Betje Rubens, she was born Caroline Lea de Haan in Smilde and grew up in Zaandam, later studying to become a teacher. Her family was Orthodox Jewish, which she found stifling. She was the sister of writer Jacob Israël de Haan. She married Kees van Bruggen, a"
"Joyce Brothers Joyce Diane Brothers (née Bauer; October 20, 1927 – May 13, 2013) was an American psychologist, television personality and columnist, who wrote a daily newspaper advice column from 1960 to 2013. In 1955, she became the only woman ever to win the top prize on the American game show ""The $64,000 Question"", answering questions on the topic of boxing, which was suggested as a stunt by the show's producers. In 1958, she presented a television show on which she dispensed psychological advice, pioneering the field. She wrote a column for ""Good Housekeeping"" for almost forty years and became,"
"(née Dworkin), a legal secretary, and Herman Radner, a businessman. Through her mother, Radner was a second cousin of business executive Steve Ballmer. She grew up in Detroit with a nanny, Elizabeth Clementine Gillies, whom she called ""Dibby"" (and on whom she based her famous character Emily Litella), and an older brother named Michael. She attended the exclusive University Liggett School in Detroit. Toward the end of her life, Radner wrote in her autobiography, ""It's Always Something"", that during her childhood and young adulthood, she battled numerous eating disorders: ""I coped with stress by having every possible eating disorder from"
"research and soon began raising a family of four children—Margaret (Peg), Laurence, Joanna, and Benjamin. In 1952 Elizabeth Winship was hired as a book reviewer by The Boston Globe. In the early 1960s, she also worked as a children's book editor for the newspaper. In 1963, a Globe editor suggested that Winship start an advice column for teenagers which was called ""Ask Beth."" ""Ask Beth"" found early success due to Winship's open and honest advice and in 1970 the Los Angeles Times Syndicate picked up the column. At its peak it was syndicated in 70 newspapers. By the 1980s, her"
"Ellie Campbell (author) Ellie Campbell is a pseudonym for sisters, Pam Burks and Lorraine Campbell, who have co-authored and published five novels together, Lorraine Campbell living in Boulder, Colorado and Pam Burks in Reigate, Surrey. They collaborate by email, Skype and telephone. Both sisters were born in Scotland and lived much of their early lives in Edinburgh, Bognor Regis and London. They wrote short stories independently for many years before deciding to become a writing team. They write women's fiction, mostly set in Britain, featuring humor and romance but their contemporary flawed characters and dramatic situations often revolve around heroines"
"terrific."" After Goodman's death in 1957 Bourne took over writing ""The Inner Sanctum"", a news-like advertorial that appeared in both the ""New York Times Book Review"" and ""Publishers Weekly"". The Inner Sanctum was also the name of a Simon & Schuster mystery line and Max Schuster and Dick Simon were the original authors for the column. Nina Bourne created ad campaigns for many blockbuster titles including ""Catch-22"", ""Eloise"", and ""The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"". Bourne's campaign for ""Catch-22"" beginning in 1961 is now considered to be a classic for both advertising and publishing students. A personal champion"