Dorothy Canfield

The Bent Twig

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the United States. Her best-known work today is probably Understood Betsy, a children's book about a little orphaned girl who is sent to live with her cousins in Vermont, and her other works include The Bent Twig, The Squirrel-Cage, The Sturdy Oak and others.

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ISBN: 978-1-4344-2304-7
EAN: 9781434423047
Produktnummer: 11984425
Verlag: Wildside Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 486 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.8 cm 643 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 643

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher (February 17, 1879-November 9, 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the Twentieth century. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt one of the ten most influential women in the United States. Dorothy Canfield brought the Montessori method of child rearing to the United States, presided over the country's first adult education program, and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.