How ballet became an integral part of American childhood | Melissa Klapper

How did ballet class become so popular in America? Melissa Klapper describes how Anna Pavlova, Ballet Russes, World War II, and the Ford Foundation all had a role.



Melissa R. Klapper is Professor of History and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Rowan University. She is the author of Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920, Small Strangers: The Experiences of Immigrant Children in the United States, 1880-1925, and Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism,1890-1940, winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Women's Studies.

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