On this day in 1955, Esther “Eppie” Lederer wrote her first “Ask Ann Landers” column in the Chicago Sun-Times. By the time she composed her last column, 47 years later, the syndicated feature appeared in more than 1,200 newspapers worldwide, with an estimated readership of 90 million.
This day in Jewish history / 'Ann Landers' gets a Jewish voice
On this day in 1955, Eppie Lederer assumed the role of the famous advice columnist and would dole out straightforward advice for the next nearly half-century, often in competition with real-life sister 'Dear Abby.'
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