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Apr 24, 2024 · Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (born Nov. 18, 1870, near Woodstock, Tenn., U.S.—died Dec. 16, 1951, New Orleans, La.) was an American journalist who achieved great popular success as an advice columnist and with sentimentalized coverage of sensational crime stories.
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Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (November 18, 1861 – December 16, 1951), widely known by the pen name Dorothy Dix, was an American journalist and columnist. As the forerunner of today's popular advice columnists, Dix was America's highest paid and most widely read female journalist at the time of her death.
- December 16, 1951 (aged 90)
- Dorothy Dix
- Journalist and columnist
- Hollins Institute, 1883
GILMER, Elizabeth Meriwether. Born 18 November 1870, Woodstock, Tennessee; died 16 December 1951, New Orleans, Louisiana. Wrote under: Dorothy Dix. Daughter of William and Maria Winston Meriwether; married George Gilmer, 1888. Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer's career as a newspaper columnist and reporter stemmed from her tragic marriage.
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SUMMARY. One of the nation's all-time leading journalists, Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, was born in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Better known as Dorothy Dix, millions read her daily syndicated advice columns. Although she was advisor to the love-lorn, Elizabeth never had her own romantic story.
American newspaper columnist who wrote under the name Dorothy Dix. Name variations: (pseudonym) Dorothy Dix. Born Elizabeth Meriwether in Woodstock, Tennessee, on November 18, 1861 (some sources cite 1870); died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 16, 1951; eldest of three children of William Douglas (a plantation owner) and Maria (Winston ...
Known as the “Mother Confessor to Millions,” through her books and columns Dorothy Dix drew from her own personal struggles to impart advice and even inspiration to an entire generation of readers. Elizabeth Meriwether was born in November, 1861 in Tennessee and age 18 met George Gilmer, her stepmother’s brother.
Mar 9, 2020 · Dorothy Dix Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (aka Dorothy Dix) was the original syndicated women’s advice columnist and a well-known American journalist. Throughout her career, more than 2,000 people wrote to her for her advice, and about 60 million read her daily column published in newspapers and magazines across the country.
