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[CHILDREN’S LITERATURE]. MILLER, Olive Beaupré, editor. My Bookhouse. Chicago: The Bookhouse for Children, [1925–1927]. 9 volumes, 8vo and 4to. Includes My Bookhouse (6 volumes) and My Travelship (3 volumes), housed together in the rare original publisher’s wooden “Book House” (22 x 13.5 x 13”). (Light wear to wood, some chipping along lower edge, books worn). The Book House for children was founded in 1919 by Winnetka, Illinois resident Olive Beaupre Miller (1883–1968), an American author, publisher, and editor of children's literature. The individual books were sold door–to–door by a completely female salesforce known as the “Bookhouse Ladies.” By 1921 when all six of the original volumes were available, the complete set was offered in a cardboard house. The next three volumes, comprising My Travelship, were added in 1926, and the wooden book house was then offered only occasionally as a special promotion. Only 100 were ever produced. The Book House for Children was remarkable for its large female staff, at a time when most women did not work outside of the home. “The utilization of women in all phases of its business activity was one of the unique aspects of The Book House for Children. Not only was there an all-woman sales force but the majority of the employees were women.” (Taylor: Olive Beaupre Miller and The Book House for Children).