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Pleasant Rowland (born Pleasant Williams Thiele circa 1941) is an American educator, reporter, writer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Rowland is best known for creating the American Girl brand. She is also notable for her efforts to redevelop historic properties in Aurora, New York, where she created a partnership with her ''alma mater'' Wells College. She has been married to Jerome Frautschi since 1977. He runs the family-owned Webcrafters book publishing company. == Early life and early career == Rowland was born in the Chicago area and grew up in Bannockburn, a suburb north of Chicago. She is the oldest of three sisters and a brother.〔(Bill Glauber, "From dollhouse to doghouse" ), ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'', July 23, 2007〕 Her sister Barbara Whitney Carr is president of the Chicago Horticultural Society. Her father was Edward Thiele, a Chicago advertising executive who eventually became president of the Leo Burnett ad agency. After graduating from Wells College in 1962, Rowland embarked on the first of several careers. From 1962 to 1968, she was a schoolteacher in several states. She was a news reporter and anchor for the ABC station KGO-TV from 1968 to 1971. Rowland left that industry to pursue a career as a textbook writer. For several years she was involved in writing and publishing children's textbooks. She was also the publisher of the ''Children's Magazine Guide''. In the 1970s, Roza created a comprehensive language arts program, called ''Beginning to Read, Write, and Listen''. It was informally known as the "letterbooks", and designed to be used for kindergarten and first grade students. Through the years the program has undergone several revisions and updates. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pleasant Rowland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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