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	Podcast:		Vermont Edition
	Episode:		State Librarian Promises 'Thoughtful' Process To Rename Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:10:31
	Publish Date:		2019-05-29 14:59:50
	Description:		For more than half a century, Vermont’s middle-grade students have been reading books on Dorothy’s List, a reading program and book award named for Arlington author Dorothy Canfield Fisher. But the author's connection to the eugenics movement, and criticism of her stereotyped portrayal of Native Americans and French Canadians in her work, are behind the Vermont Department of Libraries' decision to change the award's name.
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