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