Bookwomen
Subtitle: creating an empire in children's book publishing, 1919-1939
By: Jacalyn Eddy.
Series: Print culture history in modern America
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780299217945
Subjects: Children's literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women in the book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Children's books -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Description: A comphrehensive account of the women who, as librarians, editors, and founders of the Horn Book, shaped the modern children's book industry between 1919 and 1939.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Troublesome womanhood and new childhood; title: Protecting books : Anne Carroll Moore, Alice Jordan, and the public library; title: Selling books : bookshops, the WEIU, and Bertha Everett Mahoney; title: Making books : children's book publishing and Louise Hunting Seaman; title: Becoming experts and friends; title: Building professional culture; title: Triumph and transition.