Dorothea (Simons) Kopplin

Dorothea is seen holding her best selling book that was published in 1945. The book remained a best seller for 20 years. In paperback division of Double Day, Permabook, made a pocket book edition and distributed them to every soldier in the Korean War in the early 1950's. All royalties from the book went to aid the Minnesota Nurses Association, Minneapolis Youth Center, and Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs to be used for nursing scholarships. The International Mark Twain Society voted Dorothea to be an honorary member in their society because of her book. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, a close friend of Dorothea's, described her writing as a "distinct contribution to humanity."