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Includes the name: Lepman Jella

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Lepmann, Jella
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female
Nationality
Germany (birth)

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After making her home in England for several years, Mrs. Lepman returned to Germany after World War II to work for the American occupation on women’s and children’s issues. There, she conceived the idea of first an exhibition and then a permanent International Youth Library, barreling ahead with the scantiest of official permission and often no money at all. The narrative structure of the book is not as easy to follow as I’m used to, but the evocation of the time and place is quite moving, and her enthusiasm for children’s books is catching. Her mention of conflicts with more traditional librarians is interesting to scholars of library history; the IYL looks very much like our current idea of a proper library for children, but it’s easy to forget what a radical idea it was then.… (more)
 
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