Anne W. Simon

Anne Simon
Born
Anne Rebe Wertheim

1914
Cos Cob, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJuly 29, 1996 (age 81–82)
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
EducationB.A. Smith College
M.A. Columbia University
Occupation(s)Environmentalist, author, writer
Spouses
Children4
Parents
Family

Anne W. Simon (1914 – July 29, 1996) was an American writer and environmentalist.

Biography

She was born Anne Rebe Wertheim, in Cos Cob, Connecticut, the daughter of Alma (née Morgenthau) and banker Maurice Wertheim.[1] Her grandfather was ambassador Henry Morgenthau Sr. Her sisters were Josephine Wertheim Pomerance[2] (mother of climate activist Rafe Pomerance) and Barbara W. Tuchman (mother of Jessica Mathews). In 1935, she graduated with a B.A. from Smith College and then earned a M.A. in Social Work from Columbia University.[1]

She began her career as a writer WNYC, a radio station in New York and later worked as a television critic for The Nation.[1] She then wrote for various publications including McCall's and Good Housekeeping.[1] In 1964, she wrote Stepchild 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 wrote The 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]

Books

  • Stepchild in the Family: A View of Children in Remarriage (1964)
  • No Island Is an Island: The Ordeal of Martha's Vineyard (1973)
  • The Thin Edge: Coast and Man in Crisis (1978)
  • Neptune's Revenge: The Ocean of Tomorrow (1984)

Personal life

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 developer Robert 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 to Budd Schulberg), Lynn Langman Lilienthal (married Philip H. Lilienthal in 1963), and Deborah Langman Lesser.[1][5][6][7]

She died on July 29, 1996, she died at her home in Manhattan.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Saxon, Wolfgang (July 31, 1996). "Anne Simon, Who Wrote Threats to the Sea". The New York Times. 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 and Robert E. Simon, ended in divorce
  2. ^ Smith, Allen. "Josephine Wertheim Pomerance". Jewish Women's Archive.
  3. ^ "Anne R. Wertheim Becomes A Bride; Daughter of Banker Married in Cos Cob Home to. Dr. Louis Langman of New York". The New York Times. February 1, 1937.
  4. ^ "Louis Langman, Physician, 87". The New York Times. July 30, 1991.
  5. ^ Turl-Larkin (September 6, 1963). "Lynn Langman Becomes Bride Of Law Student; Alumna of New School and Philip Lilienthal Are Married Here". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Michael Lesser Weds Deborah W. Langman". The New York Times. April 7, 1969.
  7. ^ Sonnenthal, Valerie (September 6, 2017). "Tom Langman, man of Menemsha - Fifty years of fishing and life in Chilmark". Martha's Vineyard Times.