![]() ![]() At the same time, however, the components of Dix’s successful columns also reveal inherent flaws in the nature of the advice column as a form of journalistic expression. Thus examining her columns can help define the components of any successful column and the character of a successful columnist. Dix’s enormous popularity is evidence of her success as an advice columnist. Her column was published in 273 newspapers world wide and was read by an estimated 60 million people (Weatherspoon 10). At the peak of her popularity during World War II, Dix received over 1,000 letters a day from readers. Years later, readers would recognize Gilmer, better known by her pseudonym, Dorothy Dix, as the grandmother of the advice column. ![]() She called them “literary freaks, that would be vastly humorous if they were not also pathetic” (Kane 62). In her early days as a newspaper woman Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer wrote a reflection in her “Sunday Salad” column on advice columns. DecemThe Life of Dorothy Dix and Her Columns as Evidence of the Inherent Flaws In the Form of the Advice Column ![]()
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