Michigan: Listen Online: “Kalamazoo’s First Public Library was Built for Women, by Women”
Here’s a bit of info and link to listen to a 6.5 minute segment that aired on “Stateside” from Michigan Public Radio.
From the MPR Website:
The nation’s oldest documented structure built for women, by women, was a lending library right here in Michigan.
The Kalamazoo Ladies Library Association (LLA), loosely formed in 1852, has been holding meetings in its historic red brick Venetian Gothic style building since 1879.
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Marge Kars, a former president of the organization, joined Stateside to talk about its history as the city’s first lending library.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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