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American social policy and legislation. The novel, described as “one of her more enduring works (out of approximately one hundred children's
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of children's books. She had interviewed Edward
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where she wrote book reviews as well as a column titled “Book Marks.” Lawrence died at home in New York City on
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Lawrence was born in Newark, New Jersey on March 12, 1889. By 1915, she was the editor of the children's page of the
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Radio for
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books and thirty-five social problem books for adults),” was treated to an annotated edition in 2012,
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