Pauline Phillips (born July 4, 1918 as Pauline Esther Friedman) founded "Dear Abby" in 1956. The current Dear Abby is her first-born child and only daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now writes under the pen name of Abigail Van Buren, which was also used by Pauline. She also has a son, Edward Jay Phillips. July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Dear Abby is the most popular syndicated advice column which was founded in 1956 by Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips and is currently written by her daughter, Abigail Van Buren, also know as Jeanne Phillips. ... Jeanne Phillips writes the Dear Abby column under the pen name Abigail Van Buren which was used by her mother, Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips. ... Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips (born July 4, 1918) is an American writer who, under the pen-name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the Dear Abby column, a regular column in many newspapers in which people wrote her for advice and she answered. ...

Pauline Esther Phillips was an identical twin; her sister, Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer, wrote the Ann Landers column until her death from multiple myeloma in 2002, at age 83. As children, the two grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and went by the nicknames "Popo" and "Eppie", respectively. They were so close then that they had a joint wedding in 1939 when both women were 21 years old. As competing columnists, the sisters occasionally clashed; in 1956, Phillips offered her column to the Sioux City Journal at a reduced price provided the paper refused Lederer's column; Life Magazine reported on the offer in 1958. The sisters publicly reconciled in 1964, although some suggest the acrimony lasted. [1] Phillips has suffered from Alzheimer's disease for a number of years; according to her daughter, her disease is (as of 2005) in its middle stages. According to her husband, Morton Phillips, and her daughter, she did reconcile with her now-deceased sister before Lederer's death. Fraternal twin boys in the tub The term twin most notably refers to two individuals (or one of two individuals) who have shared the same uterus (womb) and usually, but not necessarily, born on the same day. ... Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer, a. ... Multiple myeloma (also known as MM, myeloma, plasma cell myeloma, or as Kahlers disease after Otto Kahler) is a presently incurable hematological malignancy of plasma cells, the cells of the immune system that produce antibodies. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: Nickname: Location in Iowa Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 County Woodbury County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Craig Berenstein Area  - Total  - Water 144. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ...

Phillips, who resided in Beverly Hills, California, wrote in a straightforward style that contrasted with Lederer's quips and barbs. By 1985, when Phillips suffered from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, assumed all the writing responsibilities of Dear Abby. After the Phillips family publicly announced that Pauline had Alzheimer’s, Jeanne assumed the pen name of Abigail Van Buren. Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, almost entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. ... Jeanne Phillips writes the Dear Abby column under the pen name Abigail Van Buren which was used by her mother, Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips. ...

Controversies

Phillips used her column to help create awareness about candy poisonings. She raised fears that "Somebody's child will become violently ill or die after eating poisoned candy or an apple containing a razor blade." Both Dear Abby and Ann Landers played a significant role in helping to spread fears about poisoned candy on Halloween that have ultimately proven to be little more than an urban legend. The poisoned candy scare, from the 1970s and early 1980s, refers to a moral panic in the United States regarding the threat that children could be in danger of ingesting razor blades, needles, or poison introduced to candy by senseless, malicious tampering. ... A jack-o-lantern Halloween is an observance celebrated on the night of October 31, most notably by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. ...

See also

• Ann Landers
• Poisoned candy scare