Fannie Simon (1891-1980) was an American librarian and assistant editor who worked primarily in the magazine industry. She was active in professional associations and arts organizations.
Early Life edit
Fannie Simon was born in New York City on April 15, 1891, the daughter of Julius and Bertha Gubner Simon.[1]
- ^ "Simon, Fannie. Smith College Libraries. Smith College, Northampton, Mass". Smith College Library. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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Her father emigrated from Germany in 1885 and was able to make a prosperous living for his family as a clothier. She grew up in Westchester and on the Upper West Side, with live-in servants and horseback riding in Central Park with her brother, Alexander.[1]
Education edit
She attended Smith College, graduating in 1914.[1]
Work edit
Fannie Simon began working in 1916, first in advertising then in the magazine industry, primarily as on-staff librarian. In 1932 Simon joined the Special Libraries Association, an organization she remained active in until her death. She was an avid supporter of the Metropolitan Opera Guild and the New York Philharmonic Society, very active in New York City Republican Club and the Smith College Alumnae Association, and was active in the Church of the Incarnation, and her neighborhood association, the Murray Hill Committee. When she retired from McCall's Magazine in 1959, as librarian and associate editor, Simon volunteered much of her time to even more causes including, at the time of her death, working as the coordinator of a program of conversational English for the English-Speaking Union.[1]
Fannie Simon published travel articles. She authored an unpublished manuscript "Following Fannie in a Changing World," which focuses on an around-the-world trip she made with her college classmate, Margaret Hodges, in 1928-1929.[1]
Personal life edit
In 1930 Simon moved to the Murray Hill section of Manhattan where she would live for the next fifty years. Perhaps Simon's greatest passion was world travel which began when she a child traveling to Europe with her family. Shortly before she died, Simon remarked to a friend that she estimated that she had traveled to over 150 countries, often traveling alone as she did at the age of 89 when she took what turned out to be her last trip to Iceland in September 1980.[1]
Death edit
Simon died in a traffic accident in New York City on October 20, 1980; she was eighty- nine years old.[1]
Feedback from Alison edit
Lauren! Great work here.
Your introductory sentence really nicely summarizes the subject of the page — really well done! In future, be sure to bold Fannie's name, and to include the dates of birth and death along with the years, if known.
You did a great job adding both intra-Wikipedia links and headings, making a more connected encyclopedia and nicely organizing the biographical information for increased readability. You also cite plentifully, which is huge! Quick tip: be sure to make a "References" heading and to put the { { reflist } } tag underneath. This will nicely organize the location of your references in one place (as opposed to throughout the article.
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