Eliza Atkins Gleason
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| Gender | Female |
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| Date of birth | December 15,1909 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Winston-Salem |
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| United States | |
| Parents | Simon Green Atkins |
| Books | The Southern Negro and the Public Library: A Study of the Government and Administration of Public Library Service to Negroes in the South |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
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| ID | 3531997 |
Eliza Atkins Gleason Life story
Eliza Atkins Gleason was the first African American to receive a doctorate in Library Science. 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.
