Amelia Gayle Gorgas | |
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Born | Amelia Gayle June 1, 1826 Greensboro, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | January 3, 1913 |
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Amelia Gayle Gorgas (June 1, 1826 – January 3, 1913) was librarian and postmaster of the University of Alabama for 25 years until her retirement at the age of eighty in 1907.[1] She expanded the library from 6,000 to 20,000 volumes. The primary library at the university is named after her.[2] A native of Greensboro, Alabama, Amelia was the daughter of Alabama governor John Gayle, the wife of Pennsylvania-born Confederate general Josiah Gorgas and the mother of Surgeon General William C. Gorgas. She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1977.[3]