Skip to content
  • Home
  • Journalists
    • Headlines
  • Community
    • Businesses
    • Jobs
    • Learning
    • Marketplace
  • Store
(@)

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

The New York Times – Business:

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

This post first appeared in The New York Times – Business. Read the original article.

Written by

Sandra A. Miller and Margaret Muirhead

in

Biographical Information, Candy Land (Game), Children and Childhood, Games, Inventions and Patents, Milton Bradley Co, Poliomyelitis
←Are You Using A.I. at Work? We Want to Hear From You.
Hegseth says he’s eager for Ellison to take over CNN, fueling anxieties over changes at cable network→

More posts

  • Ari Emanuel’s Mari Agrees Deal To Buy ATG, Owner Of Theater Venues Behind Shows Like ‘Harry Potter & The Cursed Child’

  • Club for Growth Action endorses Carbonara in Florida GOP primary for redistricted House seat 

  • Demi Lovato Reunites With Ex Joe Jonas for ‘Camp Rock 3’ Premiere

  • Trump pretends he has credibility on medicine, science and public health. He doesn’t.

About Us


Support Us

Trademark & Copyright 1998 – 2025 · MOSAEC

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube