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- She found her calling in sex education after escaping the Holocaust as a child, immigrating to New York City in 1956, and getting a job at Planned Parenthood. Her hit radio show was nationally syndicated by 1984 and led to a TV show, newspaper and magazine columns, and more than 40 books.
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Karola Ruth Westheimer (née Siegel; June 4, 1928 – July 12, 2024), better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German and American sex therapist and talk show host. Westheimer was born in Germany to a Jewish family.
Aug 24, 2024 · Dr. Ruth Westheimer was a German-American sex therapist whose frank, nonjudgmental advice, offered on radio and television programs as well as books, made her pop culture icon of the 1980s.
Jul 15, 2024 · Sex therapist Ruth Westheimer, better known as Dr. Ruth, became a household name in the 1980s for her educational radio talk show Sexually Speaking. She found her calling in sex education...
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May 22, 2019 · In the 1980s, a tiny woman in her 50s named Ruth Westheimer shocked and delighted the world with her blunt advice – delivered in a grandmotherly German accent – about sex. She became a media sensation and remains a household name as “Dr. Ruth.”
May 3, 2019 · Westheimer calls Helen Singer Kaplan, a pioneer in the field of sexual therapy who founded the first clinic for sexual disorders in the U.S., “instrumental” to her journey becoming “Dr. Ruth ...
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Sep 22, 2022 · Here are 10 facts about Dr Ruth Westheimer’s fascinating life. 1. She was an only child. Westheimer was born Karola Ruth Siegel in 1928 in the small village of Wiesenfeld, central Germany. She was the only child of Irma and Julius Siegel, a housekeeper and a notions wholesaler respectively, and was raised in Frankfurt.
Jul 13, 2024 · As a 50-something therapist, she found sudden fame on radio, television and in bookstores during the 1980s, fueled by a simple formula: talking honestly in public about intimate subjects that few...
