Elizabeth Jean Carroll
Personal Information
Born: 1943
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Indiana University Bloomington BA
"TBD"
— Elizabeth Jean Carroll
Professional Life
Field of Study: Journalism
Institution/Corporation: None found
Degrees & Memberships: Member Pi Beta Phi
Awards & Achievements
Awards: None found
Achievements: won defamation suit against Donald Trump & was awarded a total of $88.5 million by the juries; her advice column "Ask E. Jean" appeared in Elle magazine 1993-2019; her book "What Do We Need Med for?: A Modest Proposal" published in 2019 accused Les Moonves & Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s; an article in New York magazine in 2019 also accused Trump of sexually assaulting her; 1986-87 wrote for the 12th season of Saturday Night Live; 1994-96 was the host & producer of "Ask E. Jean" television series airing on NBC's America's Talking the predecessor of MSNBC; was the 1st female contributing editor at Playboy; 1st woman to walk from Telefomin in Papua New Guinea across the Star Mountains to the border of Irian Jaya
grew up in a red brick schoolhouse in Indiana
1963 crowned Miss Indiana University
1964 crowned Miss Cheerleader USA
her column in Elle "Ask E. Jean" gave advice on sex, aired her belief that a woman should never structureher life around a man & showed compassion for writers who were in difficult life situations
was fire from Elle (in her opinion) "because Trump ridiculed my reputation, laughed at my looks, & dragged me through the mud." (wikipedia)