Male and Female Under Eighteen (poetry)

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Date: 1976 - 1984 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: North America [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Language [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Literature [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]


Artist: Student poets, librarian and a committee


Confronting Bodies: Chelsea, Massachusetts Board of Education


Dates of Action: A Hunter High School student wrote the poem in 1973. The Board of Education removed the book from the school library in 1978.


Location: Chelsea, Massachusetts


Description of Artwork: The anthology, "Male and Female Under Eighteen," included the poem "the City to a Young Girl."

The Incident: The Chelsea, Massachusetts Board of Education removed the book, "Male and Female Under Eighteen" from the school library.

Results of Incident: The librarian of the school and a committee objected to the removal of the book and it was later replaced in the library.

Source: Long Island Coalition Against Censorship, "Censorship in Schools and Libraries" exhibit [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]