Possible Clues:

• Bombeck dubbed the "Socrates of the ironing board"
• Gospel-singing sister of Aretha Franklin
• "At Wit's End" writer Bombeck
• Bombeck who said, "If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it"
• "Cope Book" name
• 'Aunt' with a 'Cope Book'
• Wit Bombeck
• First name in anecdotes
• Bombeck of wit
• Aretha Franklin's sister