Francelia Butler
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Francelia Esther McWilliams Butler is an American scholar, pioneer and writer of Children's Literature. She is also known for creating the International Peace Games. Francelia died September 17, 1998.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 25, 1913 she received a BA from Oberlin University, an MA from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Francelia married Jerome Butler who worked as a journalist for the International Herald Tribune. Her husband died in 1949.
First a journalist then a professor, Francelia Butler taught at the University of Connecticut.
[edit] Additional honors
Francelia Butler created the International Peace Games.
Francelia Butler founded the scholarly journal Children's Literature.
The Graduate Program of Children's Literature at Hollins University founded an annual conference in memory of Francelia. Not only did she found the literary journal Children's Literature which is currently edited at Hollins University by Julie Pfeiffer with R. H. W. Dillard, she also donated her own extensive collection of children's literature when much of the university's own collection was ruined in a flood.
[edit] Books and Articles
- The Lucky Piece
- Sharing Literature With Children: A Thematic Approach to Children's Literature
- Skipping Around the World: The Ritual Nature of Folk Rhymes
