Dorothy Dix

Dorothy Dix
BornElizabeth Meriwether
(1861-11-18)November 18, 1861[1]
Woodstock plantation (borders of Montgomery County, Tennessee and Todd County, Kentucky), U.S.
DiedDecember 16, 1951(1951-12-16) (aged 90)
Pen nameDorothy Dix
OccupationJournalist and columnist
Alma materHollins Institute, 1883
SubjectMarriage advice
Notable worksDorothy Dix Talks
Spouse
George Gilmer
(m. 1888; died 1931)

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. Her advice on marriage was syndicated in newspapers around the world. With an estimated audience of 60 million readers, she became a popular and recognized figure on her travels abroad. In addition to her journalistic work, she joined in the campaign for woman suffrage and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

1898 column denouncing the selfishness of the men involved in the Bourgogne Disaster.
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