Sylvia Porter
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American economist and journalist
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Communications
#2874
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#4080
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#1268
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Journalism
#800
World Rank
#912
Historical Rank
#510
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Why Is Sylvia Porter Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sylvia Field Porter was an American economist, journalist and author. At the height of her career, her readership was greater than 40 million people. Early life Porter was born in Patchogue, New York, on Long Island as Sylvia Field Feldman to Louis and Rose Maisel Feldman. Originally majoring in English literature, she switched to economics and finance given the impact of the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It has been suggested that her fiancé, bank employee Reed Porter, was relying upon Sylvia to explain the complications of the worldwide financial panic. They were married in 1931.
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