Heloise | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eloise Bowles May 4, 1919 |
| Died | December 28, 1977 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper columnist, author |
Heloise Bowles Cruse (May 4, 1919 – December 28, 1977[1][2][3]) was the original author of the popular syndicated newspaper column "Hints from Heloise."[2][4][5]
Born in Fort Worth, Texas,[1][4] Bowles married Marshal (Mike) Holman Cruse, a United States Air Force captain[4] (later colonel) in 1946. Their daughter Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse, born in 1951, is the current "Heloise".[4]
The original column was first published in the Honolulu Advertiser as "Readers' Exchange" in 1959.[1][4] In 1961, King Features syndicated it as "Hints from Heloise";[4] nearly 600 newspapers carried the column,[1] and, at the time of her death, it was one of three most popular (in terms of syndication) in the United States.[2]
Her book Heloise's Housekeeping Hints was, at half a million copies total, one of the top 10 selling hardcover books in 1963. The book later became the fastest selling paperback in the history of its publisher Pocket Books.[1]
Books
- Heloise's Housekeeping Hints (1962)
- Heloise's Kitchen Hints (1963)
- Heloise All Around the House (1965)
- Hints For Working Women (1966)
- Heloise's Work and Money Savers (1967)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Heloise Bowles Dies at 58. Florence Times Daily. p. 27. Dec 29 1977.
- 1 2 3 Heloise Bowles of 'Hints' column. St Petersburg Times, Dec 30, 1977. P. 11B
- ↑ Heloise Bowles Cruise Find a grave entry
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 HELOISE BOWLES CRUSE—THE ORIGINAL HELOISE
- ↑ Life Stories: Profiles from the New Yorker. David Remnick, editor. Modern Library. 2001.