Erma Bombeck
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About
Syndicated columnist who found and exposed the humor in homemaking and wrote several family-themed books. Her bestselling humor works include If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? and Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession.
Before Fame
She funded her education at the University of Dayton by writing humor pieces for a local department store's newsletter.
Trivia
A compilation of her humor columns, At Wit's End, was published in 1967.
Family Life
She married Bill Bombeck in 1949. The couple adopted a daughter in 1953 and had a biological son in 1955.
Associated With
She and Gloria Steinem were both Ohio-born journalists.
