Timeline of women in library science

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This is a timeline of women in library science throughout the world.

1796: Cecilia Cleve became the first female librarian in Sweden.[1]

1852: The first female clerk was hired for the Boston Public Library.[2]

1890: Elizabeth Putnam Sohier and Anna Eliot Ticknor became the first women appointed to a United States state library agency—specifically, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

1911: Theresa Elmendorf became the first female president of the American Library Association.[3]

1912: Lillian Helena Smith became the first trained children's librarian in Canada.[4]

1921: Pura Belpré became the first Puerto Rican librarian to be hired by the New York Public Library System.[5]

1923: Virginia Proctor Powell Florence became the first black woman in the United States to earn a degree in library science.[6] She earned the degree (Bachelor of Library Science) from what is now part of the University of Pittsburgh.[7][8][9]

1940: Eliza Atkins Gleason became the first black American to earn a doctorate in library science, which she did at the University of Chicago.[10]

1947: became the first president of the Canadian Library Association, and thus, as she was female, its first female president.[11][12]

1970: Clara Stanton Jones became the first woman (and the first African American) to serve as director of a major library system in America, as director of the Detroit Public Library.[13]

1970: The American Library Association's Social Responsibilities Round Table Feminist Task Force (FTF) was founded in 1970 by women who wished to address sexism in libraries and librarianship.[14]

1971: Effie Lee Morris became the first woman and black person to serve as president of the Public Library Association.[10]

1972: Zoia Horn, born in Ukraine, became the first United States librarian to be jailed for refusing to share information as a matter of conscience (and, as she was female, the first female United States librarian to do so.)[15]

1973: Page Ackerman became University Librarian for the University of California, Los Angeles, and thus became the United States's first female librarian of a system as large and complex as UCLA's.[16]

1976: The Council of the American Library Association passed a "Resolution on Racism and Sexism Awareness" during the ALA's Centennial Conference in Chicago, July 18–24, 1976.[17]

1976: The Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship (COSWL) of the American Library Association[18] was founded in 1976.[19]

1985: Susan Luévano-Molina became the first female president of REFORMA.[20]

1993: Jennifer Tanfield became the first female Librarian of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.[21]

1999: Elisabeth Niggemann became the first female director general of the German National Library.[22]

2000: Lynne Brindley was appointed as the first female chief executive of the British Library.[23]

2002: Inez Lynn was appointed as the first female librarian in the London Library's history.[24]

2004: Anjana Chattopadhyay became the first Director of the National Medical Library in India.

2009: Anne Jarvis became the first female librarian in Cambridge University’s 650-year history.[25]

2012: Sonia L'Heureux became the first female Parliamentary Librarian of Canada.[26]

2016: Laurence Engel became the first female head of the French National Library.[27]

2016: Carla Hayden became the first female Librarian of Congress.[28]

2019: Leslie Weir became the first female Librarian and Archivist of Canada.[29]

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  2. ^ Garrison, Dee (1972–1973). "The Tender Technicians: The Feminization of Public Librarianship, 1876-1905". Journal of Social History. 6 (2): 131–159. doi:10.1353/jsh/6.2.131. JSTOR 3786606.
  3. ^ Thomison, Dennis (1993). "Elmendorf, Theresa West". In Robert Wedgeworth (ed.). World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3rd ed.). Chicago: ALA Editions. ISBN 0-8389-0609-5., p. 280, The death of her husband had forced Theresa Elmendorf to end her unpaid status, and for the next 20 years she held the position of vice-librarian at the Buffalo Public Library. Her new role also meant an increased participation in the American Library Association; in 1911–12 she served as its President, the first woman to hold that position.
  4. ^ "Famous Canadian Women's Famous Firsts - Academics and Librarians". Famouscanadianwomen.com. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  5. ^ Rivas, Librarian Vianela (2016). "How NYC's First Puerto Rican Librarian Brought Spanish To The Shelves". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  6. ^ 175 Years of Black Pitt People and Notable Milestones. (2004). Blue Black and Gold 2004: Chancellor Mark A. Norenberg Reports on the Pitt African American Experience, 44. Retrieved on 2009-05-22.
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  8. ^ Celeste Kimbrough (2004-03-18). "University of Pittsburgh to Honor First African American Librarian In Plaque Dedication Ceremony April 2 | University of Pittsburgh News". News.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
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  19. ^ Kathleen de la Peña McCook and Katharine Phenix, On Account of Sex: An Annotated Bibliography on the History of Women in Librarianship, 1977–1981 (Chicago: ALA, 1984) Katharine Phenix and Kathleen de la Peña McCook (1982–1986) (Chicago: ALA, 1989); later years by Lori A Goetsch; Sarah Watstein (1987–1992) (Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 1993) Betsy Kruger; Catherine A Larson; Allison A Cowgill (1993–1997) Metuchen: Scarecrow Press, 2000).
  20. ^ REFORMA (Association). National Conference (2001). The Power of Language: Selected Papers from the Second REFORMA National Conference. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 44, 45–. ISBN 978-1-56308-945-9.
  21. ^ Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster. "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 21 Jul 1999 (pt 21)". Publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2016-08-12.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  23. ^ "Woman to head British Library". The Guardian. 9 February 2000. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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  26. ^ "Meet Canada’s first female Parliamentary librarian: Sonia L’Heureux". The Hill Times, July 9, 2012.
  27. ^ "Laurence Engel nommée à la tête de la BnF". Le Figaro (in French). 6 April 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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  29. ^ "Leslie Weir appointed as Librarian and Archivist of Canada". Librarianship.ca. 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
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