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| Born | Anne Rebe Wertheim 1914 Cos Cob, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | July 29, 1996 (age 81–82) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Education | B.A.Smith College M.A.Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Environmentalist, author, writer |
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| Children | 4 |
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Anne W. Simon (1914 – July 29, 1996) was an American writer and environmentalist.
She was born Anne Rebe Wertheim, inCos Cob,Connecticut, the daughter of Alma (née Morgenthau) and bankerMaurice Wertheim.[1] Her grandfather was ambassadorHenry Morgenthau Sr. Her sisters were Josephine Wertheim Pomerance[2] (mother of climate activistRafe Pomerance) andBarbara W. Tuchman (mother ofJessica Mathews). In 1935, she graduated with a B.A. fromSmith College and then earned a M.A. in Social Work fromColumbia University.[1]
She began her career as a writerWNYC, a radio station in New York and later worked as a television critic forThe Nation.[1] She then wrote for various publications includingMcCall's andGood Housekeeping.[1] In 1964, she wroteStepchild in the Family: A View of Children in Remarriage based on her experiences as a stepchild and as a stepparent.[1] In 1973,No Island Is an Island: The Ordeal of Martha's Vineyard about sprawl, traffic jams, and pollution at Martha's Vineyard.[1] In 1978, she wroteThe Thin Edge: Coast and Man in Crisis about the poor condition of dunes and beaches.[1] In 1984, she wrote,Neptune's Revenge: The Ocean of Tomorrow, was a critique of overfishing, oil spills, radioactive waste, and toxins.[1]
She was born into an ethnically Jewish family. In her later life, she married thrice. Her first husband was Dr. Louis Langman who she married in 1937; the marriage ended in divorce.[3][4] Her second husband was real estate developerRobert E. Simon; the marriage ended in divorce.[1] Her third husband was Walter Werner.[1] She had four children from her first marriage: Thomas Langman; Betsy Langman Schulberg (married toBudd Schulberg), Lynn Langman Lilienthal (marriedPhilip H. Lilienthal in 1963), and Deborah Langman Lesser.[1][5][6][7]
She died on July 29, 1996, she died at her home inManhattan.[1]
She was married three times and had taken the surname of her last husband, Prof. Walter Werner, while keeping her pen name. He died in 1986. Her previous marriages, to Dr. Louis Langman andRobert E. Simon, ended in divorce
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