Description: (Journalist)
Dorothy Dix, known as Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, was a groundbreaking American journalist and columnist who transformed the advice column field. She was highly esteemed as the top-paid and most extensively read female journalist during her era. Through her syndicated columns, which were distributed to approximately 60 million readers globally, she provided counsel on marriage. Dix's contributions not only brought her global acclaim but also established her as a leading supporter of women's suffrage and the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.