Wendy 1904 play "Peter Pan" and its 1911 novelization "Peter and Wendy" by J. M. Barrie. Its popularity reached a peak in the 1960s but subsequently declined. The name was inspired by young Margaret Henley, daughter of Barrie's poet friend W. E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing "R"s, Margaret reportedly used to call him "my fwiendy-wendy". The name Wendy in Dutch is either of Anglo-Saxon origin or an abbreviation of names such as Wendela (an old-fashioned name which probably means related to the Vandals). Chinese women with the same or similar-sounding characters as their given names often anglicise their
Wendy Warren and the News Wendy Warren and the News Wendy Warren and the News was a radio soap opera in the United States. It was broadcast on CBS weekday afternoons, June 23, 1947 - November 12, 1958. The program was notable for the title character's reporting actual "women's news" in addition to appearing in a more traditional soap opera role. One old-time radio reference book called "Wendy Warren and the News" a "show within a show." Another said the program was "a unique insertion in the schedule and there was nothing like it elsewhere." A contemporary magazine's review called the show's structure "A cunning