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Peggy Sullivan-First Woman to be ALA President & ALA Executive Director (WHM)

  • 1.  Peggy Sullivan-First Woman to be ALA President & ALA Executive Director (WHM)

    Posted Mar 15, 2024 10:22 AM

    Peggy Sullivan-ALA President and Executive Director

    Peggy Sullivan (1929-2020), library historian, administrator, professor of librarianship.

    • American Library Association Executive Director (1992-1994)
    • Honorary Membership, American Library Association, 2008
    • Recipient of the Joseph W. Lippincott Award, 1991
    • ALA President, 1980-1981
    • President of the Association for Library Services to Children, 1976-1977
    • Chair of the Centennial Celebration of the American Library Association in 1976.

    • Author of Carl H. Milam and the American Library Association (H. W. Wilson, 1976).

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_American_Library_Association. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener">List of presidents of the American Library Association - Wikipedia

    American Library Association – Executive Directors

    American Library Association Honorary Membership - Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Lippincott_Award. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener">Joseph W. Lippincott Award

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month. Click or tap if you trust this link." rel="noopener">Women's History Month - Wikipedia



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