Editing Sally Struthers (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Sally Struthers yearbook photo 1965.png|thumb|upright|left|Struthers' senior class photo, 1965]]
Sally Anne Struthers was born on July 28, 1947, in [[Portland, Oregon]],<ref name=Leszczak>{{cite book|title=The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide|year=2014|page=119|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|last=Leszczak|first=Bob|isbn= 978-1-476-61539-4}}</ref> the second of two daughters<ref name=testimony/><ref name="All in The Acting | Grant Magazine">{{Cite web|last=Tate|first=Toli|title=All in The Acting {{!}} Grant Magazine|date=24 April 2017 |url=https://grantmagazine.com/struthers/|access-date=2022-02-12|language=en-US}}</ref> born to Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, a surgeon. She has an older sister, Sue.<ref name="All in The Acting | Grant Magazine" /> Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants.<ref name=testimony>{{cite web |url=http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/seniorscommission/pages/hearings/011107/struthers.html|title=Testimony to The Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility: Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century|date=November 7, 2001|first=Sally|last=Struthers|access-date=September 13, 2012|publisher=[[Federal Depository Library Program]]}}</ref>

Her father abandoned the family when Struthers was approximately nine years old,<ref name=testimony/> after which she was raised by her single mother in the [[Concordia, Portland, Oregon|Concordia]] neighborhood of [[northeast Portland, Oregon|northeast Portland]].<ref name=tate>{{cite web|work=Grant Magazine|title=All in the Acting|url=https://grantmagazine.com/struthers/|date=April 24, 2017|last=Tate|first=Toli|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210418070140/https://grantmagazine.com/struthers/|archive-date=April 18, 2021|access-date=April 18, 2021}}</ref> Her mother, who supported herself and her two daughters working at [[Bonneville Power Administration]],<ref name=tate/> suffered from significant [[Depression (mood)|depression]] during Struthers' childhood.<ref name=tate/>