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ERIC Number: EJ303154
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1983
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The Lion and the Lady Revisited: Another Look at the Firing of Mary L. Jones as Los Angeles Public Librarian in 1905.
Wiegand, Wayne A.
Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, v5 n3 p273-90 Fall 1983
Recounts events that led to the firing of Mary L. Jones, Director of Los Angeles Public Library (1905) and caught in public crossfire such figures as the mayor, city council, library board of directors, Charles Lummis (Jones's replacement), Susan B. Anthony, Anna Shaw, Herbert Putnam, and Melvil Dewey. (29 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Administrators, Dismissal (Personnel), Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), History, Librarians, Library Administration, Public Libraries, Sex Discrimination
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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