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Bertha Everett Mahony was born in Rockport, Massachusetts in 1882. In
1916, she established a bookshop for children, where she worked to ensure
that her customers had access to the best and newest children's books. The
Bookshop featured story hours, art exhibits, and poetry readings for
children by well-known poets such as T.S. Eliot and Robert Frost. The
programs were intended to instill a lifelong love of reading in her small
patrons. Eight years later, she teamed with Elinor Whitney Field to found
the Horn Book Magazine, the first to focus exclusively on
children's books. She married in 1932 to William Davis Miller nad. For
over fifty years, Bertha Mahony Miller devoted herself to promoting
children's literature and inspiring children to read. She died in her home
at the age of 87.
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