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Fannie Simon (April 15, 1891 - October 20, 1980) was an American librarian, writer, and magazine editor.

Early life
Simon was born on April 15, 1891 in New York City, the daughter of Julius Simon, a German immigrant and prosperous clothier, and Bertha Gubner Simon. Fannie Simon grew up in Westchester, NY and on the Upper West Side, with live-in servants and horseback riding in Central Park. She had one brother, Alexander. In 1930 Simon moved to the Murray Hill section of Manhattan where she would live for the next fifty years.

Education
Simon graduated from Smith College in 1914. Throughout her life she was an active member of the Smith College Alumnae Association.

Work
Simon began working in 1916, first in advertising then in the magazine industry. She worked primarily as on-staff librarian. In 1932 Simon joined the Special Libraries Association, an organization she remained active in until her death. Simon retired from McCall's in 1959, where she worked as both a librarian and an associate editor.

Service work
Simon contributed to many philanthropic causes during her life. She was an avid supporter of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the New York Philharmonic Society, and the New York City Republican Club. She was active in the Church of the Incarnation and her neighborhood association, the Murray Hill Committee. Following her retirement in 1959, Simon dedicated more of her time to volunteer organization. At the time of her death she was working as the coordinator of a program of conversational English for the English-Speaking Union.

Travel
Perhaps Simon's greatest passion was world travel. She began traveling as a child to Europe with her family. Shortly before she died, Simon remarked to a friend that she estimated that she had traveled to over 150 countries. She often traveled 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 She published a few travel articles but her full-length manuscript, "Following Fannie in a Changing World," remains unpublished.

Death
Simon was 89 years old when she died in a traffic accident in New York City on October 20, 1980.

Feedback from Colleen
Hi Lindsey,

You nailed the Lead Section! It follows the Manual of Style expertly. You do a solid job of linking out to other established Wikipedia articles, and you put the citation in the right place the first time. You do, however, want to cite sources throughout the text anytime you pull in information, even if it's all from the same source (of course, Wikipedia has a guide for that). This was an exercise without any real research sources behind it, but we still want folks to insert a 'dummy' citation throughout the article to gesture when information is needed to back claims. Fantastic work with the choice of image and the caption. I've bolded where you score in the rubric below - you're welcome to delete my feedback when you're through with it!

Thanks,

Colleen