Eliza Atkins Gleason | |
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| Born | Eliza Valeria Atkins December 15, 1909 |
| Died | December 15, 2009 (aged 100) |
| Education | Fisk University (B.A) University of Illinois (B.A.S) University of California Berkeley (M.A) University of Chicago (Ph.D) |
| Occupation(s) | Librarian and Professor |
| Spouse | Dr. Maurice Francis Gleason |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Simon Green Atkins Oleona Pegram Atkins |
| Relatives | Jasper Alston Atkins (brother) |
Eliza Atkins Gleason (born Eliza Valeria Atkins;[1] December 15, 1909 – December 15, 2009)[2] was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School. In 1941, she established and became the first Dean of the School of Library Service at Atlanta University and created a library education program that trained 90 percent of all African-American librarians by 1986.[3]
- ^ Knott, Cheryl (2014), Cottenet, Cécile (ed.), "The Publication and Reception of The Southern Negro and the Public Library", Race, Ethnicity and Publishing in America, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 51–76, doi:10.1057/9781137390523_3, ISBN 978-1-349-48265-8, retrieved 2023-12-23
- ^ "Obituary - Dr. Eliza Atkins Gleason — Women's Center". louisville.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^ ALA World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. American Library Association (ALA). 1985. p. 313. ISBN 0-8389-0427-0.