Fame Is not Just for the Fellas
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20th Century America
20th-century biography series
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Amelia Earhart for kids
America's past for young minds
American girlhood
American heroines for young readers
American Womanhood
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authors of mid-century youth books
bestselling biographies for kids
Betsy Ross biography influence
Bobbs-Merrill book series
book history
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childhood literacy and history
Childhood of Famous Americans
children's historical biographies
Children's Literature
children's publishing history
cold war childhood
cover art and cultural messaging
early American female icons
editors shaping public memory
educational publishing trends
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fictionalized history for children
First Ladies
formative reading experiences
gender and children's literature
gender and storytelling
Gender Politics
gendered narratives in print
girlhood
girlhood in popular media
girls in American history books
girls' empowerment in print
historical fiction and gender norms
historical imagination in childhood
identity formation through literature
juvenile book publishing
kids' books and national values
legacy of female pioneers
literary portrayals of young women
literary representations of gender
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott in youth fiction
mass-market children's books
mid-century children's literature
narrative strategies in children's books
Publishing
reading material for young girls
shaping historical memory
teaching history through fiction
visual branding of children's books
women in youth publishing
women role models in youth literature
women's history in children's fiction
Women's Studies
young readers and fame
youth literature and American ideals
youth readers and national identity
youth reading habits 1930s-1950s
Product details
- ISBN 9781625346933
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 151 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 16 Dec 2022
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Between 1932 and 1958, thousands of children read volumes in the book series Childhood of Famous Americans. With colorful cover art and compelling—and often highly fictionalized—narrative storylines, these biographies celebrated the national virtues and achievements of famous women like Betsy Ross, Louisa May Alcott, and Amelia Earhart. Employing deep archival research, Gregory M. Pfitzer examines the editorial and production choices of the publisher and considers the influence of the series on readers and American culture more broadly.
In telling the story of how female subjects were chosen and what went into writing these histories for young female readers of the time, Pfitzer illustrates how these books shaped children's thinking and historical imaginations around girlhood using tales from the past. Utilizing documented conversations and disagreements among authors, editors, readers, reviewers, and sales agents at Bobbs-Merrill, "Fame is Not Just for the Fellas" places the series in the context of national debates around fame, gender, historical memory, and portrayals of children and childhood for a young reading public—charged debates that continue to this day.
