Librarians

The librarians for Iowa’s public libraries were almost always women. In this list, their status as a single or married/widowed woman is indicated by their preceding title.

Marengo, Mrs. Atlanta Cook

Marengo, Miss Hattie Crenshaw

Cresco, Miss Abbie J. Converse

Emmetsburg, Mrs. Lillian Appleby

Marengo, Miss Pearl Hamilton

Pella, Miss Jeanetta Hospers

A portrait of Mrs. Helen Inghram, second librarian of the Osceola Public Library. Source: Osceola Public Library

Osceola, Mrs. Helen Inghram

Photograph of Miss Berdena Jay.

Shenandoah, Miss Berdena Jay

1911-1917, Portrait of Mrs. Anna Karr, Librarian

Osceola, Mrs. Anna Karr

Monticello, Miss Mary M. Marvin

Marengo, Miss Anna Patterson

Marengo, Mrs. Francisca Raney

Pella, Miss Carolyn Van Vliet