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Female advocacy and harmonious voices: a history of public library services and publishing for children in the United States.(Imagination and Scholarship: The Contributions of Women to American Youth Services and Literature)

From: Library Trends  |  Date: 3/22/1996  |  Author: Vandergrift, Kay E.

Women were instrumental in creating public library services for children in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Minerva A. Sanders in 1876 opened the Pawtucket Rhode Island Public Library to children. Many women editors contributed to the children's books publishing field, such as May Massee and Charlotte Zolotow.

Abstract

This article uses a feminist standpoint to examine the beginnings of library service to children in this country and the women instrumental in designing that ...

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