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Suzanne Oshinsky

Suzanne Oshinsky is a writer, educator, and more recently a political organizer, living in Maryland with her husband, two children, and two cats. A graduate of the all-women’s Barnard College of Columbia University in New York, she also earned her master’s degree in Hebrew Literature and Jewish Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

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"The Little Swiss Wood Carver," Dust Jacket, 1929

Madeline Brandeis

Born in San Francisco in 1897, Madeline Brandeis was a noted children’s book author and pioneer filmmaker, who produced films outside the mainstream Hollywood studios. Until her untimely death in 1937, Brandeis traveled the world in search of stories to tell, while aiming the lens of her camera at the lives of her characters.