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Fleur Fenton Cowles (January 20, 1908 – June 5, 2009〔("Fleur Cowles, 101, Is Dead; Friend of the Elite and the Editor of a Magazine for Them" by Enid Nemy )〕) was an American writer, editor and artist〔Penelope Green, "Mirror, Mirror: Making Life a Bed of Roses", ''The New York Times'', October 10, 1999〕 best known as the creative force behind the short-lived ''Flair'' magazine. ==Personal== Fleur Fenton was born Florence Freidman in New York City (although she often claimed to have been born in Montclair, New Jersey).〔(Fleur Cowles profile at Britannica.com )〕 Her parents were Morris Freidman, a novelty salesman, and his wife, Lena.〔 Her siblings adopted the surname Freeman later in life: Dr. Paul William Freeman, a dentist (1906–1966), and Mildred Freeman Goetze〔Paid obit for Dr. Paul W. Freeman, ''The New York Times'', October 4, 1966〕〔'"Dr. Paul W. Freeman", ''The New York Times'', October 3, 1966〕 Fleur Cowles' first husband was Bertram Klapper, a manufacturer of wood shoe heels. They later divorced.〔 Her second husband was Atherton "Pett" Pettingell Jr. (1901–1971), an advertising executive who was a grandnephew of Samuel M. Pettingell, who founded one of the first advertising agencies in America in 1850.〔"News of the Advertising and Marketing Fields", ''The New York Times'', March 16, 1952〕 They married prior to 1937 and divorced in 1946.〔"Mrs Fleur Cowles Remarried in West", The New York Times, November 23, 1955〕 Her third husband was Gardner Cowles Jr. (1903–1982), an heir to the Cowles Media Company, which at one time owned the Des Moines Register and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Known as Mike, Cowles was the publisher of his family's ''Look magazine''. They married in 1946 and divorced in 1955.〔〔"Gardner Cowles Jr. Is Dead at 82; Helped Build Publishing Empire", ''The New York Times'', July 9, 1985〕 She kept his surname professionally. In November 1955, she married her fourth and last husband, Tom Montague Meyer (CBE), a timber executive.〔 The Meyers lived for a number of years in London and Sussex, as well as Spain. 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「Fleur Cowles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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