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Witness History

Witness History

The woman who got America talking about sex


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24 March 2021

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Dr Ruth Westheimer first became popular on a radio show in New York in the early 1980s. Her frank and open approach to giving advice on all sorts of different questions about sex soon made her a TV personality too.

Photo: Dr Ruth Westheimer. Credit: Getty Images

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