Dorothy Canfield
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was a social activist and best-selling author in the early decades of the twentieth century. She was best known for fictional works based on her time in Vermont—including The Bent Twig, The Deepening Stream, and Her Son’s Wife—as well as historical children’s books, including Paul Revere and the Minute Men (1950).
Taking in Refugees Could Have Increased Hostility—Instead, Something Beautiful Happened
To take city children and move them to the countryside, and place them in homes where only English was spoken, wouldn't the differences be too great a shock—on both sides?