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'''Florence Chapman Littauer''' (April 27, 1928 – July 11, 2020), was a [[Christian]] speaker and author of forty books who championed messages of encouragement, hope, and understanding. Her best known work, ''Personality Plus,'' was released in 1983, sold millions of copies and has been translated into twenty-five languages.

'''Florence Chapman Littauer''' (April 27, 1928 – July 11, 2020), was a [[Christian]] speaker and author of forty books who championed messages of encouragement, hope, and understanding. Her best known work, ''Personality Plus,'' released in 1983, sold millions of copies and has since been translated into twenty-five languages.

She was born in Newton, [[Massachusetts]] to Walter Chapman, a shopkeeper and a part-time writer, and his wife, Katie, a homemaker. She received a scholarship to attend the [[University of Massachusetts]] in [[Boston]], from which she graduated with a degree in [[English]]. She returned home to Haverhill, Massachusetts, to teach English, speech, and drama at Haverhill High School and to help at the family store. She took a job at a [[Jewish]] summer camp in [[Maine]].<ref name=obit/> There she met Frederick Jerome "Fred" Littauer, Jr. (1929-2002), a native of New Rochelle, [[New York]], who died while the couple was living in Cathedral City in Riverside County, [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118617820/frederick-jerome-littauer|title=Frederick Jerome "Fred" Littauer, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 15, 2020}}</ref>

She was born in Newton, [[Massachusetts]] to Walter Chapman, a shopkeeper and a part-time writer, and his wife, Katie, a homemaker. She received a scholarship to attend the [[University of Massachusetts]] in [[Boston]], from which she graduated with a degree in [[English]]. She returned home to Haverhill, Massachusetts, to teach English, speech, and drama at Haverhill High School and to help at the family store. She took a job at a [[Jewish]] summer camp in [[Maine]].<ref name=obit/> There she met Frederick Jerome "Fred" Littauer, Jr. (1929-2002), a native of New Rochelle, [[New York]], who died while the couple was living in Cathedral City in Riverside County, [[California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118617820/frederick-jerome-littauer|title=Frederick Jerome "Fred" Littauer, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=July 15, 2020}}</ref>