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Frances M. Ullmann DeArmand (March 17, 1904 – April 14, 1984) was an American editor and writer, mainly of works for young readers (including comic books), or for parents and educators.
Frances Ullmann DeArmand | |
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 Frances M. Ullmann, from the 1925 yearbook of Wellesley College | |
| Born | March 17, 1904 Springfield, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 1984 (age 80) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Editor, writer |
| Relatives | William Ludwig Ullmann (brother) |
Ullmann was born in Springfield, Missouri, the daughter of William Ullmann and Caroline Block Ullmann.[1] Her father was a businessman and banker, and her mother was vice-president of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers.[2][3] Her younger brother, William Ludwig Ullmann, was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was suspected of spying during the Cold War.[4]
Ullmann graduated from Springfield High School in 1920,[5] attended Drury College for one year,[1] and graduated from Wellesley College in 1925.[6]
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DeArmand worked as an editor at magazines, including Parents Magazine,[7] and comics-heavy[8] children's periodicals Calling All Girls[9] and Calling All Kids.[10] She was assistant editor of Child Welfare in the 1930s,[11] an editor of National Parent-Teacher Magazine from 1931 to 1937,[1] and of Child Study from 1941 to 1947.[1][12] She was managing editor of the Encyclopedia of Child Care and Guidance from 1951 to 1954. She was an executive of the Junior Literary Guild from 1954 to 1969.[1][13]
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- "Getting Ready for Book Week" (1931)[14]
- "The Place of the Home in the Community" (1937)[15]
- "Seeing Ourselves as Children See Us" (1937)[16]
- Never to be Forgotten (1943, as editor)[1]
- Girl Alive (1947, stories for teens, illustrated by Kathleen Morrissey)[9]
- "Getting Along with Brothers and Sisters" (1950, a 48-page illustrated booklet published by Science Research Associates)[17]
- "Life with Brothers and Sisters" (1952, a booklet published by Science Research Associates)[18]
- When Mother Was a Girl: Stories She Read Then (1964, as editor)[19]
- A Very, Very Special Day (1968, illustrated by Tom Vroman)[20]
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Ullmann married David William DeArmand in 1942.[21] She died in 1984, at the age of 80, in New York City.[13]
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