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This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Pages in category 1970s british childrens television series. This is the moment when your childhood reading and that of your own childrens meet and meld as you introduce them to e. In the 1960s and 1970s many researchers in the usa noted the prevalence of gender stereotypes in books for children.
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