Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

Ann Coulter

Role / Field:

Prominent American conservative author and political commentator.

Born:

1961-12-08

Century / Era:

1961s Historical Era

Database Source:

2Day Chrono-Wiki & Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Origins & Early Life

Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative political activist, author, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. She became known as a media pundit in the late 1990s, appearing in print and on cable news as an outspoken critic of the Clinton administration. Her first book concerned the impeachment of Bill Clinton and drew from her experience writing legal briefs for Paula Jones's attorneys, as well as columns she wrote about the cases. Coulter's syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate appears in newspapers and is featured on conservative websites.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

Coulter has also written 13 books. Ann Hart Coulter was born on December 8, 1961, in New York City, to John Vincent Coulter (1926–2008), an FBI agent from a working class Catholic Irish American and German American family in Albany, New York, and Nell Husbands Coulter (née Martin; 1928–2009), a homemaker who was born in Paducah, Kentucky. Coulter's mother's ancestry has been traced back on both sides of her family to a group of Puritan settlers in Plymouth Colony, British America, arriving on the Griffin with Thomas Hooker in 1633, and her father's family were Catholic Irish and German...

Enduring Legacy & Impact

The historical impact and works continue to influence the modern world.

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