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Ask Ann Landers

Ann Landers was a pen name created by Chicago Sun-Times advice columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer (July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002) in 1955. For 56 years, the Ask Ann Landers syndicated advice column was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America. Owing to this popularity, "Ann Landers", though fictional, became something of a national institution and cultural icon.

Eppie Lederer, a.k.a. Ann Landers, in Chicago, 1983

The Ruth Crowley years (1943–1947, 1952–1955) edit

The creator of the "Ann Landers" pseudonym was Ruth Crowley, a Chicago nurse who had been writing a child-care column for the Chicago Sun newspaper since 1941. On March 29, 1943, Crowly began writing a second column in which she gave advice. She used the name "Ann Landers", taken from a family friend Bill Landers, so as not to confuse the two columns. Unlike her eventual successor Esther Lederer, Crowley kept her identity as Landers secret, even enjoining her children to help her keep it quiet.[1] Crowley took a three-year break from writing the column from 1948 until 1951. After 1951, she continued the column for the Chicago Sun-Times which had begun to syndicate it[1] to 26 other newspapers. Crowley continued to write the column until her death, at 48, on July 20, 1955. In all, she spent a total of nine years writing advice as "Ann Landers". She also was featured on the 1953-1955 DuMont Television Network series All About Baby.[2]

In the three-month period after Crowley's death, various writers, including Connie Chancellor, took over the column.[1]

The Esther Lederer years (1955–2002) edit

 
Esther "Eppie" Pauline Friedman Lederer, a.k.a. 'Ann Landers', 1961

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.[3] 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."[4] Lederer went on to advise thousands of other readers over the next several decades. Eventually, she became owner of the copyright.[5]

News America Syndicate distributed the Landers column before it was sold to King Features,[6] and Landers moved to the new Creators Syndicate.[7] On February 13, 1987, after years of seeking to run the column,[6] the Chicago Tribune announced the Landers column was moving there,[7] and the Sun-Times replaced her with Ruth Crowley's daughter Diane Crowley and Jeff Zaslow of The Wall Street Journal.[8][9]

In 1985, the attorney general of Illinois, Neil Hartigan, wrote to Ask Ann Landers requesting assistance in dispelling the hoax that a film was going to depict Jesus as gay. Lederer replied that "Hoaxes die hard, and the zanier the hoax, the more difficult it is to try to convince people that it is not true". She advised readers not to believe the hoax.[10][11]

Lederer chose not to have a different writer continue the column after her death, so the "Ann Landers" column ceased after publication of the few weeks' worth of material which she had written before her death.

Sometimes she expressed unpopular opinions. She repeatedly favored legalization of prostitution and was pro-choice on abortion, yet denounced atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair.[12] In 1973, she wrote in support of the legalization of homosexual acts, saying that she had been "pleading for compassion and understanding and equal rights for homosexuals" for 18 years,[13] and wrote in 1976 that she "fought for the civil rights of homosexuals 20 years ago and argued that they should be regarded as full and equal citizens".[14] Nevertheless, for years, she described homosexuality as "unnatural", a "sickness" and a "dysfunction".[15][16][17] Not till 1992 did she eventually reverse her opinion, and even then only after reviewing research and receiving nearly 75,000 letters that gay and lesbian readers wrote to her saying that they were happy being gay; she wrote that "it is my firm conviction that homosexuality is not learned behavior", adding that while being gay could be suppressed, it could not be altered.[18][19]

Even so, in 1996, she wrote regarding gay marriage, "Before you gay-rights folks land on me with both feet ... I cannot support same-sex marriage, however, because it flies in the face of cultural and traditional family life as we have known it for centuries."[20]

Controversies edit

Pope John Paul II and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. edit

In 1995, Eppie commented thus in The New Yorker about Pope John Paul II: "He has a sweet sense of humor. Of course, he's a Polack. They're very anti-women." Polish Americans responded with outrage. She issued a formal apology, but refused to comment further. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel canceled her column after that incident. In the same article she noted that President John F. Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., was anti-Semitic.[21]

Halloween candy panic edit

A 1995 "Ann Landers" column said, "In recent years, there have been reports of people with twisted minds putting razor blades and poison in taffy apples and Halloween candy. It is no longer safe to let your child eat treats that come from strangers." The vague warning was criticized for causing fear dishonestly, as there have been no documented cases of children receiving poisoned candy during door-to-door Halloween trick-or-treating.[22]

Mistaken legal advice edit

In her March 28, 1965, column, regarding ownership of wedding gifts, Lederer wrote that "the wedding gifts belong to the bride." She went on to state that the bride should "consult a lawyer about the checks. In some states this could be considered community property." The advice was mistaken because only gifts given after the marriage would be considered community property in some states (or else because wedding gifts—if so designated—can be considered back-dated gifts to the bride). The response also fails to explain why checks should be treated any differently from any other property that was given as a wedding gift. The column has provided teaching material for law professors and law students.[23]

Wedding rice and birds edit

In a 1996 column, she "informed" her readers that they should avoid throwing rice at weddings, lest birds eat it and explode. Such advice was erroneous, as milled rice is not harmful to birds. She later recanted.[24]

Annie's Mailbox edit

After Lederer died in June 2002, her last column ran on July 27. Lederer's daughter Margo Howard (who wrote Dear Prudence) said the column would end, according to Lederer's wishes. Creators Syndicate President Rick Newcombe said Lederer's editors, Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, should start a column of their own. Though Mitchell and Sugar were reluctant, many readers wanted the column to continue. Thus, the Annie's Mailbox column began on July 28, 2002, in approximately 800 newspapers. Newspapers were given three possible choices: In addition to Annie's Mailbox, classic Ask Ann Landers, and Dear Prudence.[25][26][27] In 2016, the authors responded to a reader question by saying, "[T]here are two of us, and neither of us is named 'Annie.' ... The Mailbox was named in honor of Ann Landers, with whom we both worked for many years. Hence it is 'Annie's Mailbox' with an apostrophe. ... After all, there can be only one Ann Landers. We simply do the best we can to honor her legacy."[28]

Annie's Mailbox was syndicated in numerous newspapers throughout the US until June 30, 2016. On that date, Mitchell and Sugar wrote "...we say farewell. It is time for us to step aside and take advantage of opportunities neither of us has had the time for until now." They also introduced columnist Annie Lane, known as Dear Annie.[29]

Dear Abby edit

A few months after Eppie Lederer took over as Ann Landers, her twin sister Pauline Esther "PoPo" Phillips introduced a similar, competing column, Dear Abby, using the pseudonym "Abigail Van Buren", which produced a lengthy estrangement between the two sisters.[30] Phillips wrote her column until retiring in 2002, at which time her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, took over.

Further reading edit

  • Howard, Margo. Eppie: The Story of Ann Landers. New York: Putnam, 1982. ISBN 0-399-12688-0.
  • Pottker, Janice, and Bob Speziale. Dear Ann, Dear Abby: The Unauthorized Biography of Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1987. ISBN 0-396-08906-2.
  • Aronson, Virginia. Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren. Women of achievement. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 2000. ISBN 0-7910-5297-4. (children's book).
  • Landers, Ann, and Margo Howard. A Life in Letters: Ann Landers' Letters to Her Only Child. New York, NY: Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53271-1.
  • Gudelunas, David. Confidential to America: Newspaper Advice Columns and Sexual Education. Edison, NJ: Transaction, 2007. ISBN 1-4128-0688-7.[1]
  • Rochman, Sue. Dear Ann Landers. Fall, 2010. (magazine profile)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Gudelunas, David (2007). Confidential to America: Newspaper Advice Columns and Sexual Education. Edison, NJ: Transaction. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-4128-0688-6.
  2. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 10. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Jack Shafer (February 5, 2009). "What Would Ann Landers Advise? Ann's daughter, advice columnist Margo Howard, gets ugly with advice columnist Amy Dickinson". Slate Magazine.
  4. ^ "Ann Landers," The Post-Register (Idaho Falls), October 16, 1955, pB-2
  5. ^ , Time, January 19, 1981. Accessed online May 24, 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Advice Columnist Ann Landers Leaves Chicago Sun-Times for Rival Tribune". The Telegraph. Associated Press. February 14, 1987. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Popular Advice Columnist Ann Landers Joins Tribune". Chicago Tribune. February 13, 1987. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  8. ^ Anderson, Jon. "Advice columnist Ann Landers dead at 83". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  9. ^ "Man, Woman Will Replace Ann Landers at Sun-Times". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. June 4, 1987. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  10. ^ Landers, Ann (January 20, 1985). "Rumor of film on gay Jesus a hoax". Ask Ann Landers. The Atlanta Journal. p. 6-ZG – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Mikkelson, Barbara (January 17, 2017) [April 21, 2000]. "Will Jesus Be Portrayed as Homosexual in an Upcoming Film?". Snopes. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  12. ^ Ann Landers in favor of legalizing Prostitution Sex Worker Support Cyber Center. Accessed online January 10, 2008
  13. ^ Not Accepted, Ann Landers, January 8, 1973
  14. ^ Ann Landers – July 23, 1976
  15. ^ The Washington Post and Times-Herald (1959–1973). Washington, D.C.: January 9, 1973. p. B11. Available on ProQuest.
  16. ^ The Washington Post and Times-Herald (1959–1973). Washington, D.C.: March 2, 1973. p. B8. "I am with the psychiatrists who believe homosexuals are sick and that sex between two men or two women is unnatural."
  17. ^ The Washington Post and Times-Herald (1959–1973). Washington, D.C.: April 24, 1973. p. B6. "I have rethought my position and I believe my original conclusion is correct. Homosexuality is unnatural. Individuals who prefer members of their own gender as sex partners are sick."
  18. ^ Homosexuals prefer their lifestyle, Ann Landers, Times-News, April 27, 1992.
  19. ^ Good-bye, Eppie, Chicago Free Press, Paul Varnell, September 11, 2002
  20. ^ "Ask Ann Landers," Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1996
  21. ^ Tabor, Mary B.W. (January 17, 1996). "Book Notes". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  22. ^ Halloween Poisonings Snopes.com, October 27, 2005. Accessed online January 10, 2008.
  23. ^ Reppy & DeFuniak, Community Property in the United States, pages 137–138 (Bobbs-Merrill 1975).
  24. ^ Snopes website
  25. ^ "Ann Landers Last Column". CBS News. July 27, 2002. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  26. ^ Astor, Dave (January 13, 2003). "Who's Answering 'Annie's Mailbox'?". Editor & Publisher.
  27. ^ Potempa, Philip (August 10, 2012). "Annie's Mailbox syndicated advice columnists celebrate a decade of answering life's questions". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  28. ^ Mitchell, Kathy; Sugar, Marcy (April 13, 2016). "Annie's Mailbox for 4/13/2016". Arcamax. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  29. ^ Mitchell, Kathy; Sugar, Marcy (June 30, 2016). "Living Our Lives to the Fullest". Creators Syndicate. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  30. ^ Judd, Robin. "Ann Landers biography". Jewish Virtual Library.

External links edit

  • The Official Ann Landers Site and Columns
  • Classic Ann Landers at Creators Syndicate
  • Classic Annie's Mailbox at Creators Syndicate
  • Annie Lane at Creators Syndicate
  • Ann Landers at Library of Congress, with 9 library catalog records (Eppie Lederer, the second and long-time Ann Landers)

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Ann Landers redirects here For the final columnist using the pseudonym see Eppie Lederer Ann Landers was a pen name created by Chicago Sun Times advice columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Esther Pauline Eppie Lederer July 4 1918 June 22 2002 in 1955 For 56 years the Ask Ann Landers syndicated advice column was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America Owing to this popularity Ann Landers though fictional became something of a national institution and cultural icon Eppie Lederer a k a Ann Landers in Chicago 1983 Contents 1 The Ruth Crowley years 1943 1947 1952 1955 2 The Esther Lederer years 1955 2002 2 1 Controversies 2 1 1 Pope John Paul II and Joseph P Kennedy Sr 2 1 2 Halloween candy panic 2 1 3 Mistaken legal advice 2 1 4 Wedding rice and birds 3 Annie s Mailbox 4 Dear Abby 5 Further reading 6 References 7 External linksThe Ruth Crowley years 1943 1947 1952 1955 editThe creator of the Ann Landers pseudonym was Ruth Crowley a Chicago nurse who had been writing a child care column for the Chicago Sun newspaper since 1941 On March 29 1943 Crowly began writing a second column in which she gave advice She used the name Ann Landers taken from a family friend Bill Landers so as not to confuse the two columns Unlike her eventual successor Esther Lederer Crowley kept her identity as Landers secret even enjoining her children to help her keep it quiet 1 Crowley took a three year break from writing the column from 1948 until 1951 After 1951 she continued the column for the Chicago Sun Times which had begun to syndicate it 1 to 26 other newspapers Crowley continued to write the column until her death at 48 on July 20 1955 In all she spent a total of nine years writing advice as Ann Landers She also was featured on the 1953 1955 DuMont Television Network series All About Baby 2 In the three month period after Crowley s death various writers including Connie Chancellor took over the column 1 The Esther Lederer years 1955 2002 edit nbsp Esther Eppie Pauline Friedman Lederer a k a Ann Landers 1961 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 3 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 4 Lederer went on to advise thousands of other readers over the next several decades Eventually she became owner of the copyright 5 News America Syndicate distributed the Landers column before it was sold to King Features 6 and Landers moved to the new Creators Syndicate 7 On February 13 1987 after years of seeking to run the column 6 the Chicago Tribune announced the Landers column was moving there 7 and the Sun Times replaced her with Ruth Crowley s daughter Diane Crowley and Jeff Zaslow of The Wall Street Journal 8 9 In 1985 the attorney general of Illinois Neil Hartigan wrote to Ask Ann Landers requesting assistance in dispelling the hoax that a film was going to depict Jesus as gay Lederer replied that Hoaxes die hard and the zanier the hoax the more difficult it is to try to convince people that it is not true She advised readers not to believe the hoax 10 11 Lederer chose not to have a different writer continue the column after her death so the Ann Landers column ceased after publication of the few weeks worth of material which she had written before her death Sometimes she expressed unpopular opinions She repeatedly favored legalization of prostitution and was pro choice on abortion yet denounced atheist Madalyn Murray O Hair 12 In 1973 she wrote in support of the legalization of homosexual acts saying that she had been pleading for compassion and understanding and equal rights for homosexuals for 18 years 13 and wrote in 1976 that she fought for the civil rights of homosexuals 20 years ago and argued that they should be regarded as full and equal citizens 14 Nevertheless for years she described homosexuality as unnatural a sickness and a dysfunction 15 16 17 Not till 1992 did she eventually reverse her opinion and even then only after reviewing research and receiving nearly 75 000 letters that gay and lesbian readers wrote to her saying that they were happy being gay she wrote that it is my firm conviction that homosexuality is not learned behavior adding that while being gay could be suppressed it could not be altered 18 19 Even so in 1996 she wrote regarding gay marriage Before you gay rights folks land on me with both feet I cannot support same sex marriage however because it flies in the face of cultural and traditional family life as we have known it for centuries 20 Controversies edit Pope John Paul II and Joseph P Kennedy Sr edit In 1995 Eppie commented thus in The New Yorker about Pope John Paul II He has a sweet sense of humor Of course he s a Polack They re very anti women Polish Americans responded with outrage She issued a formal apology but refused to comment further The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel canceled her column after that incident In the same article she noted that President John F Kennedy s father Joseph P Kennedy Sr was anti Semitic 21 Halloween candy panic edit A 1995 Ann Landers column said In recent years there have been reports of people with twisted minds putting razor blades and poison in taffy apples and Halloween candy It is no longer safe to let your child eat treats that come from strangers The vague warning was criticized for causing fear dishonestly as there have been no documented cases of children receiving poisoned candy during door to door Halloween trick or treating 22 Mistaken legal advice edit In her March 28 1965 column regarding ownership of wedding gifts Lederer wrote that the wedding gifts belong to the bride She went on to state that the bride should consult a lawyer about the checks In some states this could be considered community property The advice was mistaken because only gifts given after the marriage would be considered community property in some states or else because wedding gifts if so designated can be considered back dated gifts to the bride The response also fails to explain why checks should be treated any differently from any other property that was given as a wedding gift The column has provided teaching material for law professors and law students 23 Wedding rice and birds edit In a 1996 column she informed her readers that they should avoid throwing rice at weddings lest birds eat it and explode Such advice was erroneous as milled rice is not harmful to birds She later recanted 24 Annie s Mailbox editAfter Lederer died in June 2002 her last column ran on July 27 Lederer s daughter Margo Howard who wrote Dear Prudence said the column would end according to Lederer s wishes Creators Syndicate President Rick Newcombe said Lederer s editors Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar should start a column of their own Though Mitchell and Sugar were reluctant many readers wanted the column to continue Thus the Annie s Mailbox column began on July 28 2002 in approximately 800 newspapers Newspapers were given three possible choices In addition to Annie s Mailbox classic Ask Ann Landers and Dear Prudence 25 26 27 In 2016 the authors responded to a reader question by saying T here are two of us and neither of us is named Annie The Mailbox was named in honor of Ann Landers with whom we both worked for many years Hence it is Annie s Mailbox with an apostrophe After all there can be only one Ann Landers We simply do the best we can to honor her legacy 28 Annie s Mailbox was syndicated in numerous newspapers throughout the US until June 30 2016 On that date Mitchell and Sugar wrote we say farewell It is time for us to step aside and take advantage of opportunities neither of us has had the time for until now They also introduced columnist Annie Lane known as Dear Annie 29 Dear Abby editA few months after Eppie Lederer took over as Ann Landers her twin sister Pauline Esther PoPo Phillips introduced a similar competing column Dear Abby using the pseudonym Abigail Van Buren which produced a lengthy estrangement between the two sisters 30 Phillips wrote her column until retiring in 2002 at which time her daughter Jeanne Phillips took over Further reading editHoward Margo Eppie The Story of Ann Landers New York Putnam 1982 ISBN 0 399 12688 0 Pottker Janice and Bob Speziale Dear Ann Dear Abby The Unauthorized Biography of Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren New York Dodd Mead 1987 ISBN 0 396 08906 2 Aronson Virginia Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren Women of achievement Philadelphia Chelsea House Publishers 2000 ISBN 0 7910 5297 4 children s book Landers Ann and Margo Howard A Life in Letters Ann Landers Letters to Her Only Child New York NY Warner Books 2003 ISBN 0 446 53271 1 Gudelunas David Confidential to America Newspaper Advice Columns and Sexual Education Edison NJ Transaction 2007 ISBN 1 4128 0688 7 1 Rochman Sue Dear Ann Landers Fall 2010 CR magazine magazine profile References edit a b c d Gudelunas David 2007 Confidential to America Newspaper Advice Columns and Sexual Education Edison NJ Transaction p 234 ISBN 978 1 4128 0688 6 Hyatt Wesley 1997 The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television Watson Guptill Publications p 10 ISBN 978 0823083152 Retrieved March 22 2020 Jack Shafer February 5 2009 What Would Ann Landers Advise Ann s daughter advice columnist Margo Howard gets ugly with advice columnist Amy Dickinson Slate Magazine Ann Landers The Post Register Idaho Falls October 16 1955 pB 2 Advice for the Lonely Hearts Time January 19 1981 Accessed online May 24 2007 a b Advice Columnist Ann Landers Leaves Chicago Sun Times for Rival Tribune The Telegraph Associated Press February 14 1987 Retrieved May 18 2016 a b Popular Advice Columnist Ann Landers Joins Tribune Chicago Tribune February 13 1987 Retrieved May 23 2016 Anderson Jon Advice columnist Ann Landers dead at 83 Chicago Tribune Retrieved May 16 2016 Man Woman Will Replace Ann Landers at Sun Times Los Angeles Times Associated Press June 4 1987 Retrieved May 16 2016 Landers Ann January 20 1985 Rumor of film on gay Jesus a hoax Ask Ann Landers The Atlanta Journal p 6 ZG via Newspapers com Mikkelson Barbara January 17 2017 April 21 2000 Will Jesus Be Portrayed as Homosexual in an Upcoming Film Snopes Retrieved November 25 2023 Ann Landers in favor of legalizing Prostitution Sex Worker Support Cyber Center Accessed online January 10 2008 Not Accepted Ann Landers January 8 1973 Ann Landers July 23 1976 The Washington Post and Times Herald 1959 1973 Washington D C January 9 1973 p B11 Available on ProQuest The Washington Post and Times Herald 1959 1973 Washington D C March 2 1973 p B8 I am with the psychiatrists who believe homosexuals are sick and that sex between two men or two women is unnatural The Washington Post and Times Herald 1959 1973 Washington D C April 24 1973 p B6 I have rethought my position and I believe my original conclusion is correct Homosexuality is unnatural Individuals who prefer members of their own gender as sex partners are sick Homosexuals prefer their lifestyle Ann Landers Times News April 27 1992 Good bye Eppie Chicago Free Press Paul Varnell September 11 2002 Ask Ann Landers Chicago Tribune July 21 1996 Tabor Mary B W January 17 1996 Book Notes The New York Times Retrieved February 23 2010 Halloween Poisonings Snopes com October 27 2005 Accessed online January 10 2008 Reppy amp DeFuniak Community Property in the United States pages 137 138 Bobbs Merrill 1975 Snopes website Ann Landers Last Column CBS News July 27 2002 Retrieved January 8 2013 Astor Dave January 13 2003 Who s Answering Annie s Mailbox Editor amp Publisher Potempa Philip August 10 2012 Annie s Mailbox syndicated advice columnists celebrate a decade of answering life s questions The Times of Northwest Indiana Retrieved January 4 2017 Mitchell Kathy Sugar Marcy April 13 2016 Annie s Mailbox for 4 13 2016 Arcamax Retrieved April 13 2016 Mitchell Kathy Sugar Marcy June 30 2016 Living Our Lives to the Fullest Creators Syndicate Retrieved June 30 2016 Judd Robin Ann Landers biography Jewish Virtual Library External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ann Landers nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Ask Ann Landers The Official Ann Landers Site and Columns Classic Ann Landers at Creators Syndicate Classic Annie s Mailbox at Creators Syndicate Annie Lane at Creators Syndicate Ann Landers at Library of Congress with 9 library catalog records Eppie Lederer the second and long time Ann Landers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ask Ann Landers amp oldid 1206896231 Annie s Mailbox, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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