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Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (died 2002)
Esphyr Solomonovna Slobodkina was a Russian-born American artist, author, and illustrator, best known for her classic children's picture book Caps for Sale. Slobodkina was a celebrated avant garde artist and feminist in the middle part of the 20th century. Caps for Sale won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.
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Esphyr Slobodkina was born in 1908. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1908 | 2026 |
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| Population | 87.4M | 341 million |
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