Mary Tyler “Molly” Ivins
-The Written Renegade-
A writer, journalist , rebel , political commentator and poster child for humorous sarcasm.
Molly Ivins was all that and then some .
Born in Monterey California and moved to Texas at a young age and that would be where she was raised .
Ivins attended Smith college and followed that up with Columbia university school of journalism.During this time she had a romantic relationship with a Henry “Hank” Holland jr. Molly referred to him as a love of a lifetime.
Sadly he died on a tragic motorcycle accident in 1964. After college Ivins landed her first journalistic job with a publication know as the Memphis Tribune.
In 1977 she had the duty of writing the obituary of the Kong of rock and roll Elvis Presley for the new York times.
Molly eventually landed back in Texas writing for the Dallas times herald . For ten years she remained here and by 1985 she was nominated for the Pulitzer prize on two different occasions.
In 1992 she released her book called “Molly can't say that can she? “ Which landed her on the new York times best seller list for 29 weeks straight.
In 1997 Ivins was diagnosed with stage lll breast cancer .Fighting the cancer to only have resurface three more times Molly Ivins finally passed away in 2007 at a hospice home in Texas where she was raised.
An off Broadway play with Kathleen Turner called the red hot patriot : the wit of Molly Ivins ran throughout 2012.
Not equipped with a built in filter Molly Ivins was truly a journalist ahead of her time a trendsetter a visionary and what I like to reference as a written Renegade.
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