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Fannie Simon (April 15, 1891 – October 20, 1980) was an American librarian, magazine editor, and philanthropist. Simon served as an associate editor and librarian for McCall's Magazine and was an avid supporter of the Metropolitan Opera Guild and the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York.

Early life
Fannie Simon was born in New York City on April 15, 1891. She was the child of Julius Simon, who immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1885, and Bertha Gubner Simon. Julius worked as a clothier and his professional success provided a prosperous living, including live-in servants and horseback riding in Central Park for Fannie and her brother Alexander. The family relocated to the Murray Hill section of Manhattan in 1930. Fannie Simon would reside there for the next 50 years.

Education
In 1914 Simon began attending Smith College. Later, she became active in the Smith College Alumnae Association.

Professional Career
In 1916 Fannie began work in advertising and later in the magazine industry. Primarily, she was employed as an on-staff librarian. In 1932 Simon joined the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and remained active in the organization until her death. Fannie rose to the rank of Associate Editor at McCall's magazine and also worked as a librarian there. She retired from McCall's in 1959.

Philanthropic Work
In addition to her work with the Special Libraries Association and the Smith College Alumnae Association, Simon was also active in the Murray Hill Committee (Today known as the ) Fannie Simon was also active in the Church of the Incarnation, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, and the New York Philharmonic Society. At the time of her death Fannie was working as the coordinator of a program of conversational English for the English-Speaking Union.

Following Fannie in a Changing World
Fannie Simon's greatest passion was world travel. She began traveling to Europe with her family as a child. Shortly before she died, Fannie remarked to a friend that she estimated she had traveled to over 150 countries. Fannie frequently traveled alone, as she did at the age of 69 when she took her last trip visiting Iceland in September of 1980.

Simon published a few travel articles. She also wrote a full-length manuscript "Following Fannie in a Changing World". This remains unpublished, but the manuscript is archived at Smith College as part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History.

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

Feedback from Alison
Nicholas! This is a really nicely fleshed out article — you've hit on a lot of what good biographical pages tend to have, from the info box and the great summary sentence to the authority control and category! Nice work.

You did a great job with both your linking and your references, both are such important aspects of a reliable Wikipedia! It's great that you brought in an extra source too — not a requirement for this assignment, but the more sources used in a page, the absolute better!

You also did a great job with the headings, though they are a bit different than standard. Generally, you'll want to forgo the generalized "Biography" heading with the more specific subheadings, and simply make those subheadings into the largest sized headings. (It's slightly variable, though, because I could see "Philanthropic work" as a subheading underneath "Career." Please note that Wikipedia style dictates that you capitalize only the first word in a heading! Lastly re: headings — I hate to stifle your creativity, but the delightful heading "Following Fannie..." probably won't fly (as nice as is it). That might make sense under the general "Career" heading or "World travel" or something like that.

We did request that you add an image from the commons with alt text, which I don't see here. Let me know if you need support with that!

Overall, very nice work!

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