Heather Armstrong, a pioneering blogger who transformed women’s media and altered the public perception of motherhood, has dἰed at the age of 47.
Pete Ashdown told that he discovered Armstrong, also known by her maiden name Heather Hamilton, at their Salt Lake City home, she committed herself. Ashdown, Armstrong recently returned to alc0holism after more than 18 months of abstinence.
Armstrong was born on July 19, 1975, and raised in Memphis. He later attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he majored in English. She graduated in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles for work before marrying a web designer named Jon Armstrong and returning to Salt Lake City.
Armstrong became one of the first people to monetize a personal brand on the Internet when she chose to run ads on her blog in 2004. This paved the way for subsequent generations of influencers.
Armstrong published a book in 2009 titled “It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita.” She made a guest appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that year and was recognized as the most powerful woman in media. The year 2012 saw the publication of her second book, “Dear Daughter.”
Armstrong’s site apparently had more than 8 million visitors each month at one point, and she made between $30,000 and $50,000 per month from it.
The Blogger Rebecca Woolf said:
“She shaped the internet as we know it today — and launched a million storytellers with her willingness to write boldly and unapologetically about the struggles of being human,”
Jezer-Morton observed that “she was saying things no one had ever said out loud before.” We had never seen a suburban mom be so open and sincere about who she was. It was unprecedented.
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It’s shocking to hear Heather Armstrong died yesterday. It’s hard to put into words just how influential she was to the blogosphere. I hope she is at peace, and that her children and loved ones are finding solace where they can.
— roxane gay (@rgay) May 10, 2023
The prominence of Armstrong’s blog also kicked off what would become a national discussion on the role of children in parenting content online.
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After receiving treatment and having her book published, she started posting to Dooce.com more frequently. Her final post, dated April 6, 2023, discusses her issues with depression and sobriety. Early sobriety is comparable to living like a clam without its shell, she said in her essay.
She is survived by her two children, Marlo Iris Armstrong, 14, and Leta Elise, now 19 years old
