Photo: Original: see authors of source images listed above Derivative work: J JMesserly based on the image listed above. / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
E. Jean Carroll's arc is the kind that earns my genuine admiration. She spent twenty-six years dispensing advice in Elle, one of the longest-running such columns in American publishing, learning to hold strangers' messiest problems with wit. Then, in her seventies, she turned that voice on the most powerful man in the country. There is something deeply fitting about a woman who spent a career answering everyone else's questions finally insisting hers be heard. Whatever side of the headlines you sit on, the sheer nerve of standing up that late in life and refusing to be quiet is rare.
Overview
Elizabeth Jean Carroll (born December 12, 1943) is an American journalist, author, and advice columnist. Her "Ask E. Jean" column appeared in Elle magazine from 1993 through 2019, becoming one of the longest-running advice columns in American publishing. In her 2019 book, What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal, Carroll accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- E. Jean Carroll
- Name (Japanese)
- E・ジーン・キャロル
- Reading
- E・じーん・きゃろる
- Born
- December 12, 1943 (age 82)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- journalist / non-fiction writer / columnist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Indiana University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Journalist — see all → · Non-fiction writer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.