10 Facts About Josette Frank

Josette Frank was an American children's literature expert and educational consultant.

Josette Frank was born on March 27,1893, in Manhattan, New York City, into a family of secular Jews.

Josette Frank got her first job when she was 19, working as a secretary for Theodore Roosevelt.

Josette Frank investigated child labor and worked with poor immigrants in New York's Lower East Side, while living in Greenwich Village.

Josette Frank first became involved with the Federation For Child Study, group that became the CSAA, in 1923.

Josette Frank served as an assistant editor for their magazine, Child Study.

The article was one of the first times Josette Frank discussed children's readership of comic books, saying:.

Josette Frank married Henry Jacobs in 1923 but kept her maiden name, which was a rare decision at the time.

Josette Frank refused to open mail addressed to her using her husband's name, and would return unopened letters saying that no person with that name lived there.

Josette Frank died of pneumonia on September 9,1989, in a nursing home in Alexandria, Virginia.