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Born in 1903, Ruth Hill Viguers eventually became the third editor
of the Horn Book Magazine
in 1958. The 1950s saw an increase in the social realism portrayed in
children's books, which created heated arguments and protests. The Horn
Book reflected the tempest, and Ruth Viguers often stirred up readers
with provocative editorials and by publishing controversial essays, such
as Frances Clarke Sayers' "Walt Disney Accused." She was a widely traveled
librarian, working at the Seattle Public Library, the New York Public
Library, the International Institute for Girls in Madris, Spain, the
American Library in Paris, France, an instructor in the Boone Library
School in Wuchang, China.
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