Background
McCarroll was born in East Orange, New Jersey on May 8, 1891 to James Renwick Thompson and Helena Fredericka Stoughton (Loomis) McCarroll.
McCarroll was born in East Orange, New Jersey on May 8, 1891 to James Renwick Thompson and Helena Fredericka Stoughton (Loomis) McCarroll.
She graduated from the Beard School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Orange, New Jersey in 1910. McCarroll then completed her bachelor"s degree at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1914.
McCarroll was the first woman issued a press pass by the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. McCarroll also penned the "Advice for the Lovelorn, a nationally syndicated column, after she inherited it from Dorothy Dix. After graduating from college, McCarroll worked as a social worker for a year.
McCarroll began her journalism career as a reporter for The Ridgefield Weekly of Ridgefield, New Jersey. She then joined The Commercial as a columnist for its "Women in Business" column.
McCarroll served as the woman"s page editor for King Features Syndicate, which distributed her column. She also served as the women"s editor at the New York Evening Post (now The New York Post).
During the 1930s, McCarroll wrote for both The New York Evening Post and the Sunday edition of The New York World. Her stories during this period included a feature article about a flight she took with pioneering aviator Ruth Rowland Nichols.
McCarroll also worked as a publicity writer for Rockefeller Center.
She served as president of the New York Newspaper Women"s Club from 1930 to 1931 and from 1949 to 1950. During her tenure of service at the club, Franklin Roosevelt (then the Governor of New York) visited. McCarroll earned notoriety for penning the "Advice to the Lovelorn", a syndicated column.
After initial reluctance, she started writing the column for the Hearst newspaper chain at the request of Ward Greene.
McCarrool continued writing the column under the pen name of Beatrice Fairfax for the next 21 years. (between 1942 and 1963).
