Editing Pauline Phillips (section)

==Early life==
Pauline Friedman, nicknamed "Popo", was born in [[Sioux City, Iowa]], to Russian Jewish immigrants Rebecca (née Rushall) and Abraham B. Friedman, owner of a chain of movie theaters.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/business/media/pauline-phillips-flinty-adviser-to-millions-as-dear-abby-dies-at-94.html?emc=na&_r=0 |title=Pauline Phillips, Flinty Adviser to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94|work=The New York Times|date= January 17, 2013}}</ref> She was the youngest of four sisters and grew up in Sioux City. Her identical twin [[Eppie Lederer|Esther Pauline Friedman]] (married name Lederer) was columnist [[Ask Ann Landers|Ann Landers]].<ref name=NYT/> Lederer had become Ann Landers in 1955, and Phillips soon followed suit by launching her own advice column.

Phillips graduated from Central High School<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siouxcityhistory.org/sites/more.php?id=47_0_3_0_M |title=Central High School |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017054713/http://siouxcityhistory.org/sites/more.php?id=47_0_3_0_M |archive-date=October 17, 2007  }}</ref> in Sioux City and [[Morningside University|Morningside College]], where she studied journalism and psychology. She and her twin sister wrote a joint gossip column for the college newspaper.<ref name=NYT/> They were married in a double wedding ceremony on July 2, 1939, two days before their 21st birthday.<ref>Eppie: The Story of Ann Landers, by Margo Howard (her daughter), p.&nbsp;45.</ref><ref name="Ink">{{cite web |url=http://www.jodyewing.com/jeanne_phillips_8_01.html |title=Daughter Helps Keep 'Abby' Ink Flowing |author=Ewing, Jody |date=August 23, 2001 |publisher=Ewing, Jody |access-date=September 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713111831/http://www.jodyewing.com/jeanne_phillips_8_01.html |archive-date=July 13, 2011  }}</ref> Pauline married Morton Phillips of [[Minneapolis]], and had son Edward and daughter [[Jeanne Phillips|Jeanne]].<ref name="Abby"/>