biography
| name: |
Landers, Ann
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pseudonym of Esther Pauline Friedman
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1918–2002)
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| biography:
| Journalist, born in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. In 1955 she inherited her job as a Chicago-based advice columnist from a previous ‘Ann Landers’, creating an international institution while competing with her twin sister, ‘Abigail Van Buren’. She earned a devoted following for her guidance and advice to the perplexed, weathering her own 1975 divorce along the way, and also won many public service awards for her open discussions of medical issues. |
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