Clara Stanton Jones, first African American president of the American Library Association, was born in 1913

May 14

On May 14, 1913, Clara Stanton Jones was born. 

Clara Stanton Jones was the first African American president of the American Library Association. She was also the first woman and the first African American director of the Detroit Public Library.

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Sources

Clara Stanton Jones | UMSI – University of michigan. (n.d.). https://www.si.umich.edu/people/distinguished-umsi-alumni/clara-stanton-jones

STPL Reference Causeway                            February 4, & Causeway, S. R. (n.d.). Women in history-Clara Stanton Jones. St Tammany Parish Library. https://www.sttammanylibrary.org/blogs/post/women-in-history-clara-stanton-jones/