Transcript Ann Landers July 4, 1918

Ann Landers
July 4, 1918-June 22,2002
“If I were asked to give what I consider the single
most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would
be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life
and when it comes, hold you head high, look it
squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than
you. You cannot defeat me."
-Ann Landers
By:
Jarrid Crowell
Stephanie Musselman
Ann’s Life
• Parents were Russian Jewish immigrants
• Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer
• Had an identical twin- Pauline Esther Friedman
Phillips
• Grew up in Sioux City, Iowa
• Attended Central High where she and her sister
were refused admission to an all-girls club because
of their religion
• Married at 21 to Jules Lederer
• March 1940 gave birth to Margo Lederer
• Divorced in 1975
• Died from multiple myeloma in June 2002
Ann’s Career
• Moved to Chicago and begun writing for the Sun
Times
• Best known for writing the famous syndicated
advice column "Ann Landers“
• Her writing style was direct, but often witty and
sometimes acerbic
• 1955 won a contest to take over the column, ended
up the owner of the copyright
• Wrote for the Morningside College newspaper
• Chose not to have a different writer take over her
column after her death
• Sister wrote the “Dear Abby” column as Abigail Van
Buren
• Acted as a counsel and advocate
• In 1950s encouraged women to stay at home, but
by the 1970s urged women to find jobs
• The twins weren’t on speaking terms by 1958
when LIFE magazine illustrated how strained
their relationship was
• Wrote two books- Since You Ask Me and
Teenagers and Sex
“Keep in mind that the true
measure of an individual is
how he treats a person who
can do him absolutely no
good.”
-Ann Landers
“Nobody gets to live life
backward. Look ahead,
that is where your future
lies.“
-Ann Landers