A new book celebrating 100 women who have shaped the history and society of Latin America, based on research by Dr. Lauren Rea, will be published next month (November 2019).
Argentina’s Billiken is the world’s longest-running children’s magazine. Named after the Billiken doll that was designed in the early 20th century and became enormously popular in the United States, the magazine has been published by Editorial Atlántida, in Buenos Aires, since November 1919. “When the magazine’s founder was looking for a name that would capture the zeitgeist and launch the…