Madame Alexander : the creator of the iconic American doll
(2022)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
E/BIOGRAPHY/688.722/ALEXANDER,B
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022
©2022
©2022
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250138590, 1250138590 :, 1250138590, 9781250138590
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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