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Madame Alexander : the creator of the iconic American doll / Susan Goldman Rubin ; illustrated by Sarah Dvojack.

Rubin, Susan Goldman, (author.). Dvojack, Sarah, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Beatrice Alexander's family ran a doll hospital in their home in New York's Lower East Side, where she grew to love fixing and making dolls. Beatrice dreamed of becoming an artist, but her family couldn't afford to send her to sculpting school. She never stopped dreaming, and when World War I broke out, she came up with the idea to make dolls modeled after nurses to support the war effort and help keep children happy -- but they needed to be unbreakable because resources were scarce and families couldn't afford to repair or replace toys. With her innovative designs and ideas, she became a savvy, feminist entrepreneur.

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  • ISBN: 9781250138590
  • ISBN: 1250138590
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022.

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Subject: Alexander, Beatrice, 1895-1990 > Juvenile literature.
Businesswomen > Juvenile literature.
Dolls > Juvenile literature.
Dolls > Design and construction > Juvenile literature.
Entrepreneurship > Juvenile literature.
Women > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Biographies.
Picture books.

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Madame Alexander: the Creator of the Iconic American Doll
Madame Alexander: the Creator of the Iconic American Doll
by Rubin, Susan Goldman; Dvojack, Sarah (Illustrator)
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Madame Alexander: the Creator of the Iconic American Doll

Susan Goldman Rubin grew up in the Bronx and dreamed of becoming an artist. She illustrated her first three picture books but then turned to writing nonfiction, mainly about art and history, and is the author of more than 55 books for young people. Her titles include Diego Rivera: An Artist For The People, They Call Me A Hero: A Memoir of My Youth, Music Was It! Young Leonard Bernstein, Everyone Paints! The Art and Lives of the Wyeth Family, and Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi. Most recently Susan has created board books based on fine art for very young children. Her titles include Counting with Wayne Thiebaud, Andy Warhol's Colors, and Matisse: Dance For Joy. Susan has been an instructor in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program for 20 years. (Bowker Author Biography)

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