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Erma Louise Bombeck (née Fiste; February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper humor column describing suburban home life, syndicated from 1965 to 1996. She published fifteen books, most of which became bestsellers.
Discover Erma Bombeck famous and rare quotes. Share funny quotes by Erma Bombeck and quotations about children and mothers. "You have to love a nation that celebrates..."
Apr 23, 1996 · Erma Bombeck, the homemaker who spun humorous anecdotes about suburban family life into a column syndicated to about 700 newspapers, television commentary, speeches across the country and books...
May 10, 2024 · Erma Bombeck was an American humorist who turned her views of daily life in the suburbs into satirical newspaper columns and such best-selling books as I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression (1973); The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank (1976), which was adapted (1978) into a.
142 quotes from Erma Bombeck: 'When God Created Mothers" When the Good Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when the angel appeared and said. "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."
Feb 12, 2024 · She is none other than Erma Bombeck, the housewife-turned-humorist who, until her death in 1996, poked gentle fun at the foibles of family life. Beloved by millions for her trademark wit — reflected in such well-crafted lines as “Marriage has no guarantees.
Apr 23, 1996 · Bombeck, who made her home in Paradise Valley, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, was 69. Mrs. Bombeck, afflicted for years with polycystic kidney disease, a hereditary ailment, underwent a kidney...
May 7, 2006 · Erma Bombeck a Suburban Sage, Even From the Grave. She kept homemakers in stitches with her writing on marriage, kids, dirty dishes and how to hang the toilet paper. Ten years after Erma...
Erma Bombeck’s “words won her the permanent place of honor in American life: the refrigerator door,” syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman wrote after the celebrated humorist’s death. Follow Erma’s life from humble roots to worldwide fame through excerpts from Lynn Hutner Colwell’s book, Erma Bombeck: Writer and Humorist .
Erma Bombeck. Writer: Maggie. Often called one of the greatest humorists America has produced in the last 50 years, Erma Bombeck was a product of the American midwest. A journalist at the Dayton Herald in Ohio for four years, she quit to raise a family.
