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Fannie Simon

Fannie Simon (April 15, 1891 - October 20, 1980) was an editor and on-staff librarian. She is most associated with her time at McCall's Magazine as librarian and associate editor.

Early Life

Fannie Simon was born in New York City on April 15, 1891. She was the daughter of Julius and Bertha Gubner Simon. Her father emigrated from Germany in 1885 and was able to make a prosperous living for his family as a clothier. Simon grew up in Westchester on the Upper West Side with live-in servants. She had a brother, Alexander, whom she enjoyed horseback riding with in Central Park. In 1930, Simon moved to the Murray Hill section of Manhattan where she would live for the next fifty years.

Education

She attended Smith College, graduating in 1914.

Career

Two years after graduating, she began first working in advertising. She then entered the magazine industry, working primarily as on-staff librarian. Simon worked as librarian and associate editor with McCall's Magazine until retiring in 1959. In 1932, Simon joined the Special Libraries Association, an organization she remained active in until her death.

Personal Life

Simon was an avid supporter of the Metropolitan Opera Guild and the New York Philharmonic Society. Simon was also active in the New York City Republican Club, the Smith College Alumnae Association, the Church of the Incarnation, and her neighborhood association, the Murray Hill Committee. After retiring from McCall's Magazine in 1959 as librarian and associate editor, Simon volunteered her time to may causes. At her death, she was the coordinator of a program of conversational English for the English-Speaking Union. Among Simon's greatest passions was world travel. An interest which began as a child while traveling to Europe with her family. Shortly before she died, Simon remarked to a friend that she estimated that she had traveled to over 150 countries. Simon often traveled alone, including at the age of 89 when she took what turned out to be her last trip to Iceland in September 1980. Simon died in a traffic accident in New York City on October 20, 1980; she was eighty- nine years old.

Publications

She published a few travel articles, but her full-length manuscript, "Following Fannie in a Changing World," remains unpublished.