Cultural crusaders : women librarians in the American West, 1900-1917 / Joanne E. Passet.

Main entry:

Passet, Joanne Ellen, 1954-

Title & Author:

Cultural crusaders : women librarians in the American West, 1900-1917 / Joanne E. Passet.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

xix, 208 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-202) and index.
Cultivating the "library spirit" -- Who was the western librarian? -- Initial impressions -- Defining a constituency -- Bringing books and people together -- Creating the library habit -- A professional watershed -- Four who served -- Conclusion.

Summary:

"I have found just the work for me, for I love it more all the time." Thus wrote one of several hundred professionally trained women who carried the gospel of books and libraries throughout the West during the early twentieth century.
Pioneers in a profession, they regarded the West as a fertile field for their cultural crusade which included establishing traveling libraries in rural areas, participating in community-building activities, and professionalizing existing public and academic libraries and as a place where they could develop as independent women.
Passet uses extensive archival material to provide a picture of the women librarians' experiences. She explores their education, family relationships, degree of autonomy, and reactions to the West. Her account is enlivened throughout by the words of the women themselves. It is further enriched by brief biographies of four women exemplifying the combination of personal and professional goals that motivated many women librarians to move west.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0826315305
9780826315304

Subject:

Women librarians West (U.S.) History 20th century.
Libraries West (U.S.) History 20th century.
Libraries.
Women librarians.
Bibliothekarin
Bibliotheekpersoneel.
Vrouwen.
Geschichte 1900-1917.
West United States.
USA Weststaaten
Libraries History 20th century West (U.S.)
Women librarians History 20th century West (U.S.)

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 180280
Call No.: ID Z682.4.W65 P37; ID:98-B690
Status: Available

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