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Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer née Friedman (July 4, 1918 – June 22, 2002), better known by the pen name Ann Landers, was an American advice columnist and eventually a nationwide media celebrity. She began writing the "Ask Ann Landers" column in 1955 and continued for 47 years, by which time its readership was 90 million people. A 1978 ''World Almanac'' survey named her the most influential woman in the United States.〔("Ann Landers, Advice Giver To the Millions, Is Dead at 83" ), ''New York Times'', June 23, 2002.〕 She was the identical twin sister of Pauline Phillips, who wrote the "Dear Abby" advice column as Abigail Van Buren. Lederer was a profile-raiser for several medical charities, and in 1977 President Carter appointed her to a six-year term on a cancer advisory board. ==Early life and relationship with sister Pauline== Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Esther Pauline and her identical sister Pauline Esther ("Popo", who was 17 minutes younger) were daughters of Russian Jewish emigrants Rebecca Friedman (née Rushall) and Abraham B. Friedman. They grew up in Sioux City and attended its Morningside College for three and a half years (1936–39), where they wrote a gossip column for the college's newspaper. Eppie majored in journalism and psychology. During Lederer's career writing the Ann Landers column, her sister wrote a similar personal advice column, "Dear Abby", under the name Abigail Van Buren, which she initiated in San Francisco a few months after Eppie took over as Ann Landers in Chicago. As competing columnists they had a discordant relationship. They reconciled publicly in 1964, but acrimony between them persisted.〔(Ann Landers (1918-2002) by Robin Judd ), Jewish Virtual Library. Accessed online June 21, 2007.〕 Just a few years before Eppie's death, they were not on speaking terms. In her later years, Lederer wrote her column at home, sometimes while in the bathtub. She had numerous friends and was a regular part of the Chicago social scene. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eppie Lederer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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