"As the World Turns" was a soap opera created by Irna Phillips, who was a mentor to Agnes Nixon, linked to by Q.
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irna_Phillips
"As the World Turns" began in 1956 and ran until 2010. Iran Phillips was a writer but also a "casting agent" (human trafficker/child sex trafficker?).
Perhaps also relevant:
"Phillips was one of 10 children born to a German Jewish family in Chicago. Her father died when she was 8, leaving her mother alone to raise the children. She claimed to be a lonely child always given hand-me-down clothes and making up long and involved stories for her dolls to live out. At 19 she was pregnant, abandoned by her boyfriend, and then gave birth to a still-born baby."
Also apparently an early degenerate feminist:
"Phillips endured much disapproval for her writing, especially from sponsors like Procter & Gamble. Critics and the radio business during the 1930s were mostly made up of men, and as result, many had claimed Phillips serial series audiences were childlike, unrealistic, vulgar, and distasteful. In reality, these female characters were depicted as strong women with options, education, and personality."
"In reality…" Oh yes, thank you Wikipedia editor for clarifying that part.