Life After Politics
Meredith returned to publishing, buying the Dairy Farmer in 1922. He also started Fruit, Garden, and Home in 1922. that later in 1924 changed its name to the now famous Better Homes and Gardens. Meredith was on the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 1918–1920.
His company, the Meredith Corporation continued after his death.
He is an inductee in the Advertising Hall of Fame. In 2008, Meredith was named by Professional Remodeler magazine as one of the 11 most influential people in the history of remodeling.
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Famous quotes containing the words life and/or politics:
“There is a right according to which we may deprive a human being of his life but none according to which we may deprive him of his death: to do so is mere cruelty.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“They who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts. Their measures are half measures and makeshifts merely. They put off the day of settlement, and meanwhile the debt accumulates.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)