MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Pauline Friedman Phillips, who as Dear Abby dispensed snappy, sometimes saucy advice on like, marriage and meddling mothers-in-law to millions of newspaper readers around the world and
In her 30-positive years as Dear Abby, Phillips answered inquiries from all types: teenage girls, teenage boys, young women, exasperated mothers-in-law, elderly widows and widowers. Though her answers often contained a trademark bite — and would not all
In her 30-positive years as Dear Abby, Phillips answered inquiries from all types: teenage girls, teenage boys, young women, exasperated mothers-in-law, elderly widows and widowers. Though her answers often contained a trademark bite — and would not all
Since 1956, distress-plagued Americans have been writing letters to “Dear Abby,” a clever advice column offering words of wisdom to troubled readers. The woman behind the pen name “Abigail Van Buren” was Pauline “Popo” Friedman Phillips, who died
Marie Manning: The Original Dear Abby. Linda Rodriguez McRobbie. Image credit: Julianna Brion. Marie Manning wanted to report on crimes. Instead, she did something revolutionary: She invented the advice column.
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