Letty Cottin Pogrebin is one of America's prominent feminist journalists. She was the founding editor of Ms. magazine, author of the column "Working Woman" and author of a number of books relating, to women in business and non-sexist child rearing.

She was born on June 9, 1939, to Cyral and Jacob Cottin. Her father was a successful attorney and her mother was a known designer. Letty graduated CUM LAUDE from Brandeis University with a B.A. Degree in English and American Literature.