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Overlooked No More: Eleanor Abbott, the Creator of Candy Land

She invented the game nearly 80 years ago to distract children who were suffering in the hospital during a polio outbreak.

Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead
Author: Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead

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Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead

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Biographical Information, Candy Land (Game), Children and Childhood, Games, Inventions and Patents, Milton Bradley Co, Poliomyelitis
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