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From June 1949 until her death in November 1962, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a McCall's column, "If You Ask Me". The former First Lady gave brief answers to questions sent into the magazine. [1] Starting in May 1951, and lasting until at least 1995, [2] Betsy McCall paper dolls were printed in most issues. Children could cut out the printed dolls ...
Tonner Doll had the licensing rights to design and develop dolls based on many American television, cinema, comic book, and video game franchises. [ 4 ] Since the 1995 issue of the Betsy McCall doll, Tonner Doll had gained the merchandising rights for characters in films like 1997's Titanic ( Kate Winslet ) and 1999's Star Wars: Episode I ...
For 27 years, between 1958 and 1986, Hofmann drew the paper dolls feature in Betsy McCall magazine. [ 3 ] Throughout her career, Hofmann contributed illustrations to other magazines including Mademoiselle (1946–1951), Parents Magazine , Good Housekeeping (1950–1960), and Woman's Day (1950–1960).
Betsy McCall (1957-1959) — 8"-36" hard plastic doll; [11] also marketed as her "cousin" Sandy McCall Chuckles (1952-1961) — 18-19, 22" vinyl doll Eloise (1958-1959) — 21" cloth doll named after the series of children's books by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
In 1929, McCall's Corporation purchased two short story magazines. [6] Blue Book had its name modified to Bluebook and remained a short story magazine until McCall's discontinued publication in 1956. [7] Red Book had its name modified to Redbook and evolved into a general interest magazine that published fiction and nonfiction. [8]
The review sums up this novel by saying “A little slower-moving and more diffuse than many of the 13 preceding volumes in this celebrated series (The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, 2012, etc.), but it’s no more than you’d expect from a heroine whose fleetness has never been as big a draw as her wisdom.” [3] Yvonne Zipp writes ...
McCaughey taught history as a visiting assistant professor at Vassar College in 1977–1978 and was a lecturer in 1979–1980. She was an assistant professor between 1981 and 1983, teaching two classes per year, both at Columbia University Between 1983 and 1984, she had a National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral fellowship.
Janet and John is a series of early reading books for children, originally published in the UK by James Nisbet and Co in four volumes in 1949–50, and one of the first to make use of the "look and say" approach. Further volumes appeared later, and the series became a sales success in the 1950s and 60s, both in the UK and in New Zealand.