The Strangers Next Door

Edith Theresa Iglauer was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 10, 1917. She received a bachelor's degree in political science at Wellesley College and a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1939. In 1945 she was accredited by The Cleveland News as a war correspondent.

In 1961, she became a staff writer at The New Yorker. She reported on the health effects of air pollution, public housing, and Canada. She wrote definitive profiles of famous Canadians including Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and the architect Arthur Erickson. She also wrote several books including The New People and Fishing with John. She died from pneumonia on February 13, 2019 at the age of 101.

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