Order of Erma Bombeck Books

Erma Bombeck was a renowned American humorist, celebrated for her syndicated newspaper column that humorously depicted suburban home life from 1965 to 1996. Leveraging the success of her column, she authored fifteen books throughout her career. Bombeck wrote over 4,000 newspaper columns, capturing the experiences of a suburban housewife. Her first book, "At Wit’s End," was a collection of her newspaper columns. In the 1970s, she became politically active, serving on the Presidential Advisory Committee for Women, which worked towards the final implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment aimed at eliminating legal distinctions between men and women in areas such as divorce, property, and employment. Erma passed away in 1996 due to complications following a kidney operation.