tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post3674667727834396771..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Getting Oz Censorship Right Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-29751347215813878632013-03-06T10:36:22.786-05:002013-03-06T10:36:22.786-05:00Ulveling's Wikipedia entry says he was known f...Ulveling's Wikipedia entry says he was known for "support of intellectual freedom, interracial understanding, and the advancement of the library and information science profession." J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-15953512359584004862013-03-06T09:29:55.448-05:002013-03-06T09:29:55.448-05:00As you noted, that entire Banned Books piece was e...As you noted, that entire Banned Books piece was extremely garbled fact-wise. What many people don't seem to realize is that many of the censors of the Oz books (and comics, and other popular entertainment) until the past few decades were not rabid right wingers (religious or otherwise)but individuals who considered themselves socially "progressive" and didn't want youth corrupted by "trash" that would spoil their appreciation for good literature.<br />The infamous Frederick Wertheim, was such a person, and I suspect that librarians like Ralph Ulveling and Dorothy Dodd were similarly disposed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com