About
Advice column writer of Dear Abby, a column which set out to solve newspaper readers' personal problems.
Before Fame
She graduated Morningside College with her twin sister.
Trivia
Her legacy and column are now carried on by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips.
Family Life
She married Morton Phillips and together they had a daughter named Jeanne and a son named Edward.
Associated With
She got took her last name from President Martin Van Buren.
