Rose B. Knox

Rose Bell Knox (born December 16, 1879 in Talladega, Alabama[1]-July 1974[2]) was an American children's author of the early to mid-twentieth century. Her books included The Boys and Sally, Miss Jimmy Deane, Gray Caps, Marty and Company, Patsy's Progress, Footlights Afloat, The Step Twins, and Cousins' Luck (1940).

For the businesswoman, see Rose Knox.
Rose B. Knox
Born16 December 1879 
DiedJuly 1974  (aged 94–95)

Criticism

Although contemporary reviewers praised her work for its "cultural sensitivity," modern critics have called Knox's books "strikingly racist" because of their presentation of African Americans as racial stereotypes.[3]

References
  1. Burke, William Jeremiah (1972). American authors and books, 1640 to the present day. Internet Archive. New York, Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-0-517-50139-9.
  2. "Alabama Authors » Blog Archive » KNOX, ROSA BELLE, 1879-1974". Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. Julia L. Mickenberg, Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 48.


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