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Jeanne Phillips

May 02, 2024

For the businesswoman and diplomat, see Jeanne L. Phillips.

Jeanne Phillips (/ˈdʒiːni/ JEE-nee;[1] born 1942),[2] also known as Abigail Van Buren, is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column Dear Abby since 2000. She was born in Minneapolis to Pauline Esther Phillips, who founded Dear Abby in 1956.

Jeanne Phillips
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Known forDear Abby
Spouses
Luke McKissack
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(m. 1973, divorced)​
M. Walter Harris
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(m. 2001; died 2020)​
ParentPauline Phillips (mother)
Relatives

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.[3] Dear Abby's website receives about 10,000 letters per week,[4] seeking advice on a large variety of personal matters.[5]

Dear Abby edit

Jeanne Phillips' history with Dear Abby edit

 
Dear Abby star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame memorializing the Dear Abby radio show

When you're having lunch with her, you get the urge to put down your butter knife, spill your life story and shed tears. Maybe it's her endearing lisp, her Midwest upbringing or her unblinking eyes. Or maybe she just gives more of a darn.

—Neal Justin in the Star Tribune[1]

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 it?" Pauline then said that her Dear Abby column received a substantial amount of mail from teenagers and that Jeanne could reply to some of them. If Jeanne's responses were "good", her mother would use them in the column. If her responses were not good, Jeanne would rewrite them.[6] Jeanne spent her allowance money on watching movies and plays. She went to San Francisco several times to see the play, Li'l Abner.[7]

In the 1970s, Phillips helped her mother write over half of the columns for her nationally syndicated radio show on CBS News.[8][9] In 1980, she became the radio show's column executive editor, and in 1987, she became its co-editor.[8] Phillips spent six years helping with the radio show.[10] Beginning in 1987, she worked with her mother on the nationally syndicated Dear Abby column. She began writing a majority of the columns since the early 1990s, though her mother did not publicly acknowledge her as the column's co-writer until 2000. Jeanne worked as the writer, while Pauline edited. While Pauline remained at home, Jeanne would manage the office and their paid staff.[11] Mother and daughter were listed as the writers after a December 12, 2000, letter to readers.[12] A photo of the two was affixed to each column. Beginning on July 22, 2002 Jeanne was attributed as the only writer, adding "Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips" at the bottom of each column.[13] Kathie Kerr, a spokeswoman for Universal Press Syndicate, the distributor of the column, said: "Over the past couple of years, Pauline Phillips hasn't had any day-to-day activities with the column."[14] The column's photo, which had both the mother and daughter, was replaced with only the daughter's photo.[10]

As of 2009, her column reaches 110 million people through syndication in about 1,400 newspapers.[6][15] Every week, she gets from 5,000 to 10,000 letters and emails asking her for advice.[12][16] Owing to email's growing usage, by 2013 less than 10% of her letters were through postal mail.[17] Phillips said she yearned for tangible letters for being more intimate because as described by the Palm Beach Daily News she could see "tear stains on the stationery, the smell of cigarette smoke in the paper, the penmanship style and other things that reflect the individual writing".[17] Reading and replying to the mail sometimes takes her more than eight hours a day.[12] After crafting a response, Phillips sets it aside. A few days later, she reviews it to ensure that her feelings about the subject remain unchanged.[18] When she is not knowledgeable about a subject, she consults experts from various fields, including "medical, psychiatric, legal, ethical", and religious.[19] Phillips noted that the column touches on numerous topics, including "organ donation, domestic violence, mental health, child safety, volunteerism, civility, alcohol abuse, inhalant abuse ... and the dangers of tobacco".[20] According to Pernell Watson of the Daily Press, Phillips will send an unprinted, confidential reply to readers who send a "self-addressed, stamped envelope".[8]

On Valentine's Day in 2001, the Dear Abby radio show was honored with the 2,172nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Around 60 family members and friends took part in the 30-minute ceremony. Jeanne Phillips paid the $15,000 sponsorship fee for the star and its maintenance to honor her mother. The Dear Abby radio show lasted for 12 years. Jeanne wrote and produced Pauline's shows; Pauline was the host.[21]

In 2018, Phillips counseled a letter writer not to name their kids with "unusual" names. She wrote, "Not only can foreign names be difficult to pronounce and spell, but they can also cause a child to be teased unmercifully. Sometimes the name can be a problematic word in the English language. And one that sounds beautiful in a foreign language can be grating in English." The New York Times's John Eligon said her response sparked fierce discussion on social media and "has inspired a fresh debate about identity, acceptance and inclusion".[22]

Style and support of gay marriage edit

Jeanne Phillips characterized her mother's style as "softer", while she herself "[gets] to the root of the problem quickly".[6] Both Jeanne and Pauline have made gay marriage a topic in their column.[6] In 1984, Pauline directed the parent of a gay child to Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).[23] In 2007, her daughter openly announced her support of gay marriage. In the same year, she was given the "Straight for Equality" award by PFLAG.[23]

Operation Dear Abby edit

During the Vietnam War, in 1967, Phillips' mother started Operation Dear Abby, through which holiday messages were sent to American soldiers.[24] Phillips' mother was inspired to create this service when Billy Thompson, a sergeant, requested a letter from home for his Christmas present.[25]

When the 2001 anthrax attacks occurred, the operation was postponed.[26][27] Jeanne Phillips collaborated with United States Department of the Navy Manpower & Reserve Affairs to create an Internet-based substitute at "AnyServiceMember.mil". In 2003, the website received on average 20,000 to 30,000 messages every day. Prior to the Iraq War, the website received only 2,000 to 3,000 messages every day.[24]

The messages are categorized by state and uniformed service but are not sent to specific individuals.[24] Soldiers received the messages by either accessing them on OperationDearAbby.net or when their officers printed out the messages for distribution.[28]

Interviews and media edit

Phillips has appeared on many television talk shows, including multiple appearances on CNN's Larry King Live.[29] Many prestigious national organizations have acknowledged her for her advice and efforts to educate her readers on different topics including those related to health, safety, and acceptance of multiculturalism and diversity.

On December 1, 2005, Jeanne made her first live radio broadcast via Internet radio.[30] In her press release regarding that broadcast, she said that she sometimes calls people who have written her since, in many cases, it is easier to advise people over the phone than through letters.[6][30]

Personal life edit

Jeanne Phillips was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota,[31] to Pauline Esther "Popo" Phillips, the founder of Dear Abby,[11] and Morton Phillips[32] in 1942.[2][10][33][34] Her grandfather, Jay Phillips, was born in Russia in 1898 and immigrated to Wisconsin when he was two years old.[35] When Jeanne was three years old, her family moved from Minnesota to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.[1] Phillips went to elementary school in Hillsborough, California, and attended Burlingame High School for two years. After her sophomore year she transferred to Crystal Springs Uplands School and attended the private school for one year. Shortly thereafter, her family moved back to Twin Cities in Minnesota so her father could take the helm of her grandfather's liquor distribution business.[1][6] For her senior year she attended Washburn High School in Minneapolis.[1] Phillips enjoyed the school, saying, "I loved it. I was never the most popular girl in the class. I never aspired to be. But I did make very nice friends."[1] In college, she majored in English and anthropology,[20] and studied anthropology at the University of Colorado and UCLA though she did not work in the field.[12] She attempted interior design and ran the company Jeanne Phillips Interiors but ultimately decided it was unsatisfactory.[12][36]

Phillips' aunt, Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer—Pauline's twin sister and the final columnist of the Ask Ann Landers advice column—died in June 2002. In addition to penning a tribute column, Phillips read a poem about her aunt on Larry King Live. In an interview with the South 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[1] for 45 years until 2013.[37] 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."[19]

Phillips married Luke McKissack on September 16, 1973, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk officiated at the wedding and Herb Alpert performed. Phillips wore an "antique lace gown". Eppie Lederer and her husband and Irving Stone and his wife were among the attendees.[36] She called him a "brilliant, charming, talented" ,[11] and he was a California lawyer.[19] The marriage was not successful.[11] She planned to remain single but later fell in love again. In 2001, she married her second husband, a real estate investor[6] named M. Walter Harris.[19][38] Harris died on March 5, 2020, of lung cancer.[38]

Every day, Phillips reads the letters sent to her Dear Abby column and pens her column in the afternoon.[6] In the evenings, she either cooks or goes out to dinner. When asked who her Dear Abby was, Phillips replied that her husband was her "primary support" and her friends her "secondary support".[39]

She has largely kept her personal life to herself,[6] making only occasional references to it while advising people or during interviews. Her second husband died of lung cancer in 2020. In comparison to her cousin, Margo Howard, Phillips has been called "reserved".[1]

Phillips had a brother, Edward "Eddie" Phillips,[40] who was born in 1945 and died in 2011 of multiple myeloma.[41] According to his obituary in the Star Tribune, Eddie was a "liquor tycoon", a "gifted businessman", and a philanthropist who "enlarged a family tradition of generous giving".[41] He had four children: sons Dean, Tyler, and J.J., and a daughter Hutton; the latter two were twins.[41]

According to a 2002 interview, Phillips and her husband have no children. In 2002, the Phillips family revealed that Jeanne's mother, Pauline, had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.[42] Tim Johnson, a medical journalist for ABC News, wrote in February 2010 that Pauline resides with her husband, Morton, in Minnetonka, Minnesota and has caregivers.[43] Pauline's son, Eddie, said:

We call them angels because they are who are with her 24/7. She watches a lot of television. She loves visitors. She loves to get out. And when she gets out she still wears her Dear Abby sweatshirt and loves to smile and wave and blow kisses.[43]

Pauline Phillips died in 2013 at the age of 94.[44]

Phillips is Jewish.[45] In her column, she writes holiday greetings to people of many religions and occasionally gives advice to people based on their religion.

On August 14, 2018, Phillips' nephew Dean won the Democratic (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) nomination for United States Congress from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district.[46][47] On November 6, Dean went on to win the general election during the 2018 midterm elections.[48]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b Weiner, Richard; Levine, Charles M. (2006). The Skinny About Best boys, Dollies, Green Rooms, Leads, and Other Media Lingo: The Language of the Media. New York: Random House. p. 15. ISBN 0-375-72147-9. Jeanne Phillips (b. 1942) writes Dear Abby, the advice column started by her mother Pauline Esther Phillips (b. 1918 as Pauline Esther Friedman).
  3. ^ Memmott, Mark (January 17, 2013). "'Dear Abby' Dies; Pauline Phillips Was Adviser To Millions". NPR. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  4. ^ Margalit Fox (January 1, 2013). "Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
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  46. ^ Miner, Sean (August 14, 2018). "Dean Phillips wins 3rd District DFL primary". hometownsource.com. Retrieved August 15, 2018.
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  48. ^ "MN Election Results". electionresults.sos.state.mn.us. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

External links edit

  • Dear Abby website

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For the businesswoman and diplomat see Jeanne L Phillips Jeanne Phillips ˈ dʒ iː n i JEE nee 1 born 1942 2 also known as Abigail Van Buren is an American advice columnist who has written for the advice column Dear Abby since 2000 She was born in Minneapolis to Pauline Esther Phillips who founded Dear Abby in 1956 Jeanne PhillipsBorn1942 age 81 82 Minneapolis Minnesota U S Known forDear AbbySpousesLuke McKissack m 1973 divorced wbr M Walter Harris m 2001 died 2020 wbr ParentPauline Phillips mother RelativesEppie Lederer aunt Dean Phillips nephew 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 3 Dear Abby s website receives about 10 000 letters per week 4 seeking advice on a large variety of personal matters 5 Contents 1 Dear Abby 1 1 Jeanne Phillips history with Dear Abby 1 2 Style and support of gay marriage 1 3 Operation Dear Abby 1 4 Interviews and media 2 Personal life 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDear Abby editJeanne Phillips history with Dear Abby edit nbsp Dear Abby star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame memorializing the Dear Abby radio show When you re having lunch with her you get the urge to put down your butter knife spill your life story and shed tears Maybe it s her endearing lisp her Midwest upbringing or her unblinking eyes Or maybe she just gives more of a darn Neal Justin in the Star Tribune 1 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 it Pauline then said that her Dear Abby column received a substantial amount of mail from teenagers and that Jeanne could reply to some of them If Jeanne s responses were good her mother would use them in the column If her responses were not good Jeanne would rewrite them 6 Jeanne spent her allowance money on watching movies and plays She went to San Francisco several times to see the play Li l Abner 7 In the 1970s Phillips helped her mother write over half of the columns for her nationally syndicated radio show on CBS News 8 9 In 1980 she became the radio show s column executive editor and in 1987 she became its co editor 8 Phillips spent six years helping with the radio show 10 Beginning in 1987 she worked with her mother on the nationally syndicated Dear Abby column She began writing a majority of the columns since the early 1990s though her mother did not publicly acknowledge her as the column s co writer until 2000 Jeanne worked as the writer while Pauline edited While Pauline remained at home Jeanne would manage the office and their paid staff 11 Mother and daughter were listed as the writers after a December 12 2000 letter to readers 12 A photo of the two was affixed to each column Beginning on July 22 2002 Jeanne was attributed as the only writer adding Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren also known as Jeanne Phillips and was founded by her mother Pauline Phillips at the bottom of each column 13 Kathie Kerr a spokeswoman for Universal Press Syndicate the distributor of the column said Over the past couple of years Pauline Phillips hasn t had any day to day activities with the column 14 The column s photo which had both the mother and daughter was replaced with only the daughter s photo 10 As of 2009 her column reaches 110 million people through syndication in about 1 400 newspapers 6 15 Every week she gets from 5 000 to 10 000 letters and emails asking her for advice 12 16 Owing to email s growing usage by 2013 less than 10 of her letters were through postal mail 17 Phillips said she yearned for tangible letters for being more intimate because as described by the Palm Beach Daily News she could see tear stains on the stationery the smell of cigarette smoke in the paper the penmanship style and other things that reflect the individual writing 17 Reading and replying to the mail sometimes takes her more than eight hours a day 12 After crafting a response Phillips sets it aside A few days later she reviews it to ensure that her feelings about the subject remain unchanged 18 When she is not knowledgeable about a subject she consults experts from various fields including medical psychiatric legal ethical and religious 19 Phillips noted that the column touches on numerous topics including organ donation domestic violence mental health child safety volunteerism civility alcohol abuse inhalant abuse and the dangers of tobacco 20 According to Pernell Watson of the Daily Press Phillips will send an unprinted confidential reply to readers who send a self addressed stamped envelope 8 On Valentine s Day in 2001 the Dear Abby radio show was honored with the 2 172nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Around 60 family members and friends took part in the 30 minute ceremony Jeanne Phillips paid the 15 000 sponsorship fee for the star and its maintenance to honor her mother The Dear Abby radio show lasted for 12 years Jeanne wrote and produced Pauline s shows Pauline was the host 21 In 2018 Phillips counseled a letter writer not to name their kids with unusual names She wrote Not only can foreign names be difficult to pronounce and spell but they can also cause a child to be teased unmercifully Sometimes the name can be a problematic word in the English language And one that sounds beautiful in a foreign language can be grating in English The New York Times s John Eligon said her response sparked fierce discussion on social media and has inspired a fresh debate about identity acceptance and inclusion 22 Style and support of gay marriage edit Jeanne Phillips characterized her mother s style as softer while she herself gets to the root of the problem quickly 6 Both Jeanne and Pauline have made gay marriage a topic in their column 6 In 1984 Pauline directed the parent of a gay child to Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays PFLAG 23 In 2007 her daughter openly announced her support of gay marriage In the same year she was given the Straight for Equality award by PFLAG 23 Operation Dear Abby edit During the Vietnam War in 1967 Phillips mother started Operation Dear Abby through which holiday messages were sent to American soldiers 24 Phillips mother was inspired to create this service when Billy Thompson a sergeant requested a letter from home for his Christmas present 25 When the 2001 anthrax attacks occurred the operation was postponed 26 27 Jeanne Phillips collaborated with United States Department of the Navy Manpower amp Reserve Affairs to create an Internet based substitute at AnyServiceMember mil In 2003 the website received on average 20 000 to 30 000 messages every day Prior to the Iraq War the website received only 2 000 to 3 000 messages every day 24 The messages are categorized by state and uniformed service but are not sent to specific individuals 24 Soldiers received the messages by either accessing them on OperationDearAbby net or when their officers printed out the messages for distribution 28 Interviews and media edit Phillips has appeared on many television talk shows including multiple appearances on CNN s Larry King Live 29 Many prestigious national organizations have acknowledged her for her advice and efforts to educate her readers on different topics including those related to health safety and acceptance of multiculturalism and diversity On December 1 2005 Jeanne made her first live radio broadcast via Internet radio 30 In her press release regarding that broadcast she said that she sometimes calls people who have written her since in many cases it is easier to advise people over the phone than through letters 6 30 Personal life editJeanne Phillips was born in Minneapolis Minnesota 31 to Pauline Esther Popo Phillips the founder of Dear Abby 11 and Morton Phillips 32 in 1942 2 10 33 34 Her grandfather Jay Phillips was born in Russia in 1898 and immigrated to Wisconsin when he was two years old 35 When Jeanne was three years old her family moved from Minnesota to Eau Claire Wisconsin 1 Phillips went to elementary school in Hillsborough California and attended Burlingame High School for two years After her sophomore year she transferred to Crystal Springs Uplands School and attended the private school for one year Shortly thereafter her family moved back to Twin Cities in Minnesota so her father could take the helm of her grandfather s liquor distribution business 1 6 For her senior year she attended Washburn High School in Minneapolis 1 Phillips enjoyed the school saying I loved it I was never the most popular girl in the class I never aspired to be But I did make very nice friends 1 In college she majored in English and anthropology 20 and studied anthropology at the University of Colorado and UCLA though she did not work in the field 12 She attempted interior design and ran the company Jeanne Phillips Interiors but ultimately decided it was unsatisfactory 12 36 Phillips aunt Esther Pauline Eppie Lederer Pauline s twin sister and the final columnist of the Ask Ann Landers advice column died in June 2002 In addition to penning a tribute column Phillips read a poem about her aunt on Larry King Live In an interview with the South 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 1 for 45 years until 2013 37 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 19 Phillips married Luke McKissack on September 16 1973 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel The California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk officiated at the wedding and Herb Alpert performed Phillips wore an antique lace gown Eppie Lederer and her husband and Irving Stone and his wife were among the attendees 36 She called him a brilliant charming talented 11 and he was a California lawyer 19 The marriage was not successful 11 She planned to remain single but later fell in love again In 2001 she married her second husband a real estate investor 6 named M Walter Harris 19 38 Harris died on March 5 2020 of lung cancer 38 Every day Phillips reads the letters sent to her Dear Abby column and pens her column in the afternoon 6 In the evenings she either cooks or goes out to dinner When asked who her Dear Abby was Phillips replied that her husband was her primary support and her friends her secondary support 39 She has largely kept her personal life to herself 6 making only occasional references to it while advising people or during interviews Her second husband died of lung cancer in 2020 In comparison to her cousin Margo Howard Phillips has been called reserved 1 Phillips had a brother Edward Eddie Phillips 40 who was born in 1945 and died in 2011 of multiple myeloma 41 According to his obituary in the Star Tribune Eddie was a liquor tycoon a gifted businessman and a philanthropist who enlarged a family tradition of generous giving 41 He had four children sons Dean Tyler and J J and a daughter Hutton the latter two were twins 41 According to a 2002 interview Phillips and her husband have no children In 2002 the Phillips family revealed that Jeanne s mother Pauline had been diagnosed with Alzheimer s disease 42 Tim Johnson a medical journalist for ABC News wrote in February 2010 that Pauline resides with her husband Morton in Minnetonka Minnesota and has caregivers 43 Pauline s son Eddie said We call them angels because they are who are with her 24 7 She watches a lot of television She loves visitors She loves to get out And when she gets out she still wears her Dear Abby sweatshirt and loves to smile and wave and blow kisses 43 Pauline Phillips died in 2013 at the age of 94 44 Phillips is Jewish 45 In her column she writes holiday greetings to people of many religions and occasionally gives advice to people based on their religion On August 14 2018 Phillips nephew Dean won the Democratic Democratic Farmer Labor Party nomination for United States Congress from Minnesota s 3rd congressional district 46 47 On November 6 Dean went on to win the general election during the 2018 midterm elections 48 See also editList of newspaper columnistsReferences edit a b c d e f g h Justin Neal July 20 2002 Dear Abby s daughter emerges as Dear Abby Star Tribune Archived from the original on July 8 2019 Retrieved July 27 2011 a b Weiner Richard Levine Charles M 2006 The Skinny About Best boys Dollies Green Rooms Leads and Other Media Lingo The Language of the Media New York Random House p 15 ISBN 0 375 72147 9 Jeanne Phillips b 1942 writes Dear Abby the advice column started by her mother Pauline Esther Phillips b 1918 as Pauline Esther Friedman Memmott Mark January 17 2013 Dear Abby Dies Pauline Phillips Was Adviser To Millions NPR Retrieved March 28 2019 Margalit Fox January 1 2013 Pauline Phillips Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby Dies at 94 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved March 28 2019 Dear Abby Thank you for p The Washington Post August 28 2004 ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved August 15 2019 a b c d e f g h i Hartlaub Peter April 14 2008 Dear Abby is her own woman San Francisco Chronicle Archived from the original on November 3 2012 Retrieved September 20 2009 Hartlaub Peter January 24 2009 Dear Abby on good times people San Francisco Chronicle Archived from the original on February 18 2011 Retrieved September 20 2009 a b c Watson Pernell May 14 2011 Mother Daughter Writer Dear Abby Daily Press Archived from the original on July 8 2019 Retrieved September 15 2011 Phillips Pauline December 12 2000 Sharing the Torch Dear Abby Universal Press Syndicate Archived from the original on March 23 2012 Retrieved September 14 2011 a b c Weiner Richard Fall 2002 An Ode to Ann Landers and Dear Abby Public Relations Quarterly ISSN 0033 3700 Archived from the original on May 23 2020 Retrieved May 23 2020 via Gale a b c d Wilson Amy September 5 2001 Dear Abby and Daughter Jeanne Phillips Is Now Co Writer of Her Mother s Column The Orange County Register Archived from the original on August 4 2011 Retrieved September 20 2009 a b c d e Coulter Aiysha September 6 2011 Dear Abby now offers daughter advice about column Erie Times News Archived from the original on July 8 2019 Retrieved September 14 2011 Freed Josh July 18 2002 Dear Abby Daughter Takes Over Editor amp Publisher Archived from the original on May 23 2020 Retrieved May 23 2020 a href Template Cite magazine html title Template Cite magazine cite magazine a Unknown parameter agency ignored help Jeanne Phillips takes over as sole author of Dear Abby advice column Jefferson City News Tribune July 18 2002 Archived from the original on July 8 2019 Retrieved July 26 2011 Hartlaub Peter January 24 2009 How Dear Abby column started at The Chronicle San Francisco Chronicle Archived from the original on November 3 2012 Retrieved September 20 2009 Steff Marsha Kay July 2 2005 Jeanne Phillips Just call me Abby The San Diego Union Tribune Archived from the original on October 19 2012 Retrieved September 20 2009 a b Janjigian Robert January 23 2013 Abby columnist says satisfaction comes from aiding those in need Palm Beach Daily News Archived from the original on May 23 2020 Retrieved May 23 2020 Hamilton Terri Finch October 6 2002 Filling Ann s shoes Jeanne Phillips The Grand Rapids Press Archived from the original on July 8 2019 Retrieved July 27 2011 a b c d Parks Louis B July 28 2002 Dear Abby column to continue family tradition Houston Chronicle Archived from the original on October 21 2012 Retrieved July 27 2011 a b Saucier Roxanne Moore May 12 2011 Dear Abby Mother daughter team brings compassion humor to column Bangor Daily News Archived from the original on July 8 2019 Retrieved July 27 2011 Goldberg Ornith February 15 2001 Hollywood Heeds Advice Gives Start to Dear Abby Archived from the original on July 8 2019 Retrieved July 27 2011 Eligon John October 18 2018 No Foreign Names for Children Dear Abby Advised Furious Parents Replied The New York Times Archived from the original on May 23 2020 Retrieved May 23 2020 a b Leff Lisa October 10 2007 Dear Abby says she s for gay marriage The Pantagraph Associated Press Archived from the original on January 24 2022 Retrieved September 20 2009 a b c Salant Jonathan D April 16 2003 Web Site for Troops Nears 2 Million Messages RedOrbit Archived from the original on September 20 2009 Retrieved September 20 2009 Komando Kim March 31 2003 Web sites help you show support of the troops USA Today Archived from the original on April 23 2009 Retrieved September 20 2009 Operation Dear Abby Brought to Halt Because of Anthrax Fears Los Angeles Times October 20 2001 Archived from the original on October 17 2012 Retrieved September 20 2009 Tyler Greg Bongioanni Carlos November 15 2001 Stateside groups use computers to keep Any Servicemember programs going Stars and Stripes Archived from the original on September 20 2009 Retrieved September 20 2009 Seda Jess April 3 2003 Send e mails to troops The Voice Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Archived from the original on July 8 2011 Retrieved September 20 2009 Jeanne Phillips A K A Dear Abby Speakers Platform Archived from the original on August 7 2007 Retrieved September 20 2009 a b First Web Radio Broadcast for Dear Abby Writer AllBusiness com November 23 2005 Archived from the original on September 20 2009 Retrieved September 20 2009 Lambert Brian October 12 2012 Twin Cities TV market 11 000 plus political ads for 13 million MinnPost Archived from the original on June 15 2020 Retrieved June 15 2020 Dear Abby Washington Post June 20 2004 Archived from the original on November 8 2012 Retrieved September 20 2009 To fathers everywhere birth fathers stepfathers foster fathers too Happy Father s Day to all of you And to my own father Morton Phillips in Minneapolis a Happy Father s Day to my one and only Pop McElroy Jack July 24 2012 Goodbye Dear Abby Knoxville News Sentinel Archived from the original on May 18 2013 Retrieved May 18 2013 Born in 1959 Amy represented a younger generation than the Friedman twins or even Jeanne Phillips who was born in 1942 Bloom Connie July 28 2002 Dear Abby Debuts to Fill Gap Caused by Ann Lander s Death Akron Beacon Journal Archived from the original on July 8 2019 Retrieved September 14 2011 Jeanne 60 has shared writing and or editing duties since she was 14 Tellijohn Andrew October 22 2006 Phillips family has long history of giving to community Minneapolis St Paul Business Journal American City Business Journals Archived from the original on May 18 2013 Retrieved May 18 2013 a b Dear Abby s Daughter Weds Ex Orlandoan Orlando Sentinel September 19 1973 Archived from the original on May 23 2020 Retrieved May 23 2020 via Newspapers com Howard Margo May 10 2013 Dear Margo Be Well Wowowow com Archived from the original on December 21 2013 Retrieved May 10 2013 a b Harris M Walter May 6 1945 March 5 2020 Los Angeles Times May 17 2020 Archived from the original on July 30 2023 Retrieved July 30 2023 via Newspapers com Gutierrez Lisa November 14 2002 The art of being Dear Abby Jeanne Phillips follows her heart in dispensing advice to readers The Hamilton Spectator Archived from the original on July 9 2019 Retrieved July 26 2011 Ander Marsha S June 8 1991 At 72 Dear Abby Says Retirement Is A Dirty Word St Louis Post Dispatch Archived from the original on July 9 2019 Retrieved September 14 2011 a b c Lemagie Sarah April 11 2011 Liquor tycoon was known for philanthropy Star Tribune Archived from the original on May 18 2013 Retrieved May 18 2013 Dear Abby creator has Alzheimer s family announces Chicago Tribune August 7 2002 Archived from the original on June 6 2012 Retrieved September 26 2010 a b Johnson Tim February 12 2010 Dear Abby Struggles With Alzheimer s Good Morning America ABC News Archived from the original on January 14 2013 Retrieved September 14 2011 Fox Margalit Pauline Phillips Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby Dies at 94 Archived from the original on May 15 2013 Retrieved May 14 2013 Numbich Paul David 2009 The Faith Next Door American Christians and Their New Religious Neighbors Oxford University Press p 156 ISBN 978 0 19 538621 9 Retrieved September 20 2009 Miner Sean August 14 2018 Dean Phillips wins 3rd District DFL primary hometownsource com Retrieved August 15 2018 Frachtenberg Ben August 14 2018 Dear Abby s Jewish Grandson Wins Primary in Minnesota Swing District forward com Retrieved August 15 2018 MN Election Results electionresults sos state mn us Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Retrieved November 7 2018 External links editDear Abby website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jeanne Phillips amp oldid 1215841525, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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