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Fannie Simon (April 15, 1891 - October 20, 1980) was an American librarian and associate editor. She wrote an unpublished manuscript, "Following Fannie in a Changing World," which focuses on the around-the-world trip she made with her college classmate, Margaret Hodges, in 1928-1929.^[1]

Early Life

Simon was born in New York City on April 15, 1891. The daughter of Julius and Bertha Gubner Simon, her father emigrated from Germany in 1885. He made a prosperous living for his family as a clothier. Fannie Simon grew up in Westchester and on the Upper West Side, with live-in servants and horseback riding in Central Park with her brother, Alexander. In 1930, Simon moved to the Murray Hill section of Manhattan where she would live for the next fifty years.^[1]

Career

Simon attended Smith College, graduating in 1914. She began working two years later, first in advertising, then in the magazine industry. She was primarily employed as an on-staff librarian. In 1932, Simon joined the Special Libraries Association, an organization she remained active in until her death.

She was an avid supporter of the Metropolitan Opera Guild and the New York Philharmonic Society. She was also very 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.^[1]

Later Years

When she retired from McCall's Magazine in 1959, Simon volunteered much of her time to causes such as working as the coordinator of a conversational English program for the English-Speaking Union. Perhaps Simon's greatest passion was world travel which began when she was a child traveling to Europe with her family. Shortly before she died, Simon remarked to a friend that she estimated to have traveled to over 150 countries, often traveling alone as she did at the age of 89 when she took what turned out to be her last trip to Iceland in September 1980.

She published a few travel articles but her full-length manuscript, "Following Fannie in a Changing World," remains unpublished.^[1]

Death

Simon died in a traffic accident in New York City on October 20, 1980; she was eighty- nine years old.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Finding Aid, Fannie Simon Papers". Smith College Special Collections.

External Links

Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository at the Smith College Archives, Smith College Special Collections

[papers-1] "Finding Aid, Fannie Simon Papers". Smith College Special Collections.

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