List of female librarians

This is a list of female librarians.

NameDescriptionBirthDeathImage Lubna of Córdoba Andalusian librarian 0900-00-00 1000-00-00 Ada Adler Danish classical scholar 1878-02-18 1946-12-28 Adelaide Hasse American librarian 1868-09-13 1953-07-07American academic librarian18601936-04-24 Agnes Inglis American anarchist 1870-12-03 1952-01-30 Alia Muhammad Baker Iraqi librarian Alice Dugged Cary African-American educator and librarian 1859 1941-09-25 Alice Ethel Minchin Teacher, librarian - New Zealand 1889-11-05 1966-07-26 Alice Lougee Hagemeyer American librarian 1934 Alice Prochaska Curator, archivist, librarian, and university administrator - UK 1947-07-12 Alice S. Tyler American librarian and advocate 1859-04-27 1944-04-18 Alisz Goriupp Librarian, media historian and bibliographer from Hungary 1894-08-18 1979-02-04 Allie Beth Martin American librarian 1931-12-27 1976-04-11 Alma Dawson American librarianship scholar Alma Smith Jacobs American librarian 1916-11-21 1997-12-18 Althea Warren American; director of the LA Public Library, president of the American Library Association 1866-12-18 1958-12-19 Amalia Kahana-Carmon Israeli writer 1926-10-18 2019-01-16 Amelia Gayle Gorgas American librarian 1826-06-01 1913-01-03 Ana Rosa Nuñez Cuban writer 1926-07-11 1999-08-02 Ana Santos Aramburo Spanish librarian 1957-01-22 Anabel Torres Colombian writer 1948-12-26 Ángela García Rives Spanish librarian 1891-06-02 1968 or later Anita Coleman American librarian Ann Allen Shockley American novelist and short-story writer 1927 Ann Hartness American librarian 1936-03-11 Ann Shumelda Okerson American librarian 1950 Ann Wolpert American librarian 1943-10-01 2013-10-02 Anna Harriet Heyer American librarian, musicologist and music educator 1909-08-30 2002-08-12 Anne Hart Canadian author specialising in biographies 1935-10-07 2010-10-09 Anne Jarvis American academic and librarian 1962-07-31 Anne Spencer American poet 1882-02-06 1975-07-27 Anne Thaxter Eaton American author, book reviewer and children's librarian 1881-05-08 1971-05-05 Annette Curtis Klause American writer and librarian 1953-06-23 Annette Lewis Phinazee American librarian 1920-07-23 1983-09-17 Annie Carroll Moore American writer 1871-07-12 1961-01-20 Annie Constance Tocker New Zealand librarian, Methodist deaconess, nurse, child welfare officer 1889 1980 Annie Maude Blackett New Zealand librarian 1889-07-30 1956-06-12 Arlene Mosel American children's librarian, educator, and writer 1921-08-27 1996 Audre Lorde American writer and activist 1934-02-18 1992-11-171992-11-11 Augusta Braxton Baker American librarian 1911-04-01 1998-02-23 Augusta Clark American politician 1932-03-05 2013-10-13 Aurora Díaz-Plaja i Contestí Spanish writer 1913-08-07 2003-12-08 Barbara Fister American writer 1954 Barbara Tillett American librarian 1946 Beatrice Doran Irish librarian Beatrice Winser American librarian 1869-03-11 1947-09-14 Belle da Costa Greene American librarian 1883-12-13 1950-05-10 Berta Golob Slovene writer and poet 1932-08-09 Beryl May Dent British librarian and mathematical physicist 1900-05-10 1977-08-09 Bess Thomas Australian librarian 1892-03-14 1968-03-07 Bessie Boehm Moore American librarian 1902-08-02 1995-10-24 Betty Mary Goetting American women's rights activist 1897 1980 Brenda Rawnsley British art patron, military writer, educationist, librarian 1916-07-31 2007-07-25 Brooke E. Sheldon American librarian 1931-08-29 2013-02-11 Camila Alire American librarian, professor Camilla Gryski Canadian writer Camille CallisonIndigenous librarian, archivist, academic, and cultural activist who is a member of the Tsesk iye (Crow) Clan of the Tahltan Nation Carla Hayden American librarian, 14th Librarian of Congress 1952-08-10 Carol Kuhlthau American educator 1937-12-02 Caroline Hewins American librarian 1846-10-10 1926-11-04 Carolyn Harris American librarian 1948 1994 Catherine N. Norton American librarian 1941 2014-12-22 Catherine Reilly British bibliographer and anthologist 1925-04-04 2005-09-26 Celeste West American librarian 1942-11-24 2008-01-03 Charlemae Hill Rollins American librarian 1897-06-20 1979-02-03 Claire Huchet Bishop American children's writer 1899 1993-03-13 Clara Breed American librarian 1906-03-19 1994-09-08 Clara Stanton Jones American librarian 1913-05-14 2012-09-30 Clara Whitehill Hunt American librarian 1871 1958 Clare B. Dunkle American writer 1964-06-11 Claudia McNeil American actress 1917-08-13 1993-11-25 Constance Mabel Winchell American librarian 1896-11-02 1983-05-23 Cynthia Rylant American author of children's books and librarian 1954-06-06 Dale DeArmond American artist 1914-07-02 2006-11-21 Deanna B. Marcum American librarian 1946-08-05 2022-08-16 Dina Abramowicz librarian at YIVO; Yiddish language expert 1909 2000 American librarian1973 Dolores Elizabeth “Lola” Chávez de Armijo American librarian18581929 Dolors Lamarca i Morell Spanish librarian 1943-10-19 Doris Gates American children's writer, librarian 1901-11-26 1987-09-03 Dorothy B. Porter American librarian 1905-05-25 1995-12-17 Dorothy M. Crosland American librarian 1903-09-13 1983-03-24 Dorothy M. ReederAmerican librarian, Directrice of The American Library in Paris (1936-1941)1902-06-211957-03-15 Dorothy Mary Neal White Librarian, writer - New Zealand 1915 1995-02-12 Dorothy Shea Australian librarian, Librarian of the Supreme Court of Tasmania (1988–2016) 1941-04-25 2024-01-05 Edith Ditmas British archivist, historian, writer 1896 1986-02-28 Edith Guerrier American librarian 1870 1958 Edwina Whitney American librarian 1868-02-26 1970-09-03 Effie Louise Power American librarian 1873-02-12 1969-10-08 Effie Morris 1921-04-20 2009-11-09 Eileen Colwell British librarian 1904-06-16 2002-09-17 Eintou Pearl Springer Trinidad and Tobago writer 1944-11-24 Elaine Didier American, director of Ford library and museum 1948-01-01 Elaine Svenonius American librarian 1933-01-09 Eleanor Estes American children's writer 1906-05-09 1988-07-15 Electra Collins Doren 1861 1927 Elena Dabija Moldovan librarian and activist Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel Royal librarian to the Queen of Naples in 1797 1752-01-13 1799-08-20 Eliza Atkins Gleason African-American librarian 1909-12-15 2009-12-15 Elizabeth Futas American librarian 1944-05-08 1995-02-06 Elizabeth Gould Davis American writer 1910 1974 Elizabeth H. West American librarian 1873-03-23 1948-01-04 Elizabeth Heaps British librarian Elizabeth Jennings British librarian, poet 1926-07-02 2001-01-25 Elizabeth Lee Bloomstein American history professor, university librarian, club woman, and suffragist 1859-01-08 1927-01-02 Elizabeth Nesbitt American librarian, library science educator and author of children's books 1897-04-15 1977-08-17 Elizabeth Smither New Zealand poet 1941-09-15 Ella Gaines Yates American librarian 1927 2006 Emily Wheelock Reed American librarian 1910 2000-05-19 Ena Noël Australian teacher, librarian 1910 2003 Enid Kent American actress 1945-01-14 Ethelwyn Manning American librarian 1885-11-23 1972-06-01 Éva Circé-Côté Canadian journalist 1871 1949-05-04 Eva Verona Croatian librarian and information scientist 1905-02-01 1996-05-19 Fiona Kelleghan American writer 1965-04-21 Flora Belle Ludington American librarian and author 1898-11-12 1967-03 Florence Mendheim American librarian 1899 1984 Florence Ward Stiles American architect and librarian 1897 1981 Frances Clarke Sayers American librarian 1897-09-04 1989-06-24 Frances E. Henne American librarian 1906-10-11 1985-12-21 Frances Lander Spain American librarian 1903-03-15 1999-01-20 Frances Wood English historian and sinologist 1948 Francess Lantz American writer 1952-08-27 2004-11-22 Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir Icelandic writer 1940-12-10 2010-05-07 Gene Joseph Wet'suwet'en Nadleh'dena First Nations librarian Gerdina Hendrika Kurtz Dutch writer 1899-11-15 1989-12-17 Gertrude Kayaga Mulindwa Ugandan librarian 1952 Gloria Pérez-Salmerón Spanish librarian 1958-04-05 Gloriana St. Clair American librarian 1939 Grace PerrierAustralian librarian18751979 Gratia Countryman American librarian 1866-11-26 1953-07-26 Greta Linder Swedish librarian 1888-05-15 1963-10-19 Gretchen McCord American librarian and lawyer specialising in copyright issues in libraries Gunilla Herdenberg Swedish librarian 1956-02-18 Gwendolyn CruzatAmerican medical Librarian Hannah Atkins American politician 1923-11-01 2010-06-17 Hannah Packard JamesAmerican librarian18351903 Hannah Logasa American librarian 1879 1967 Harriet Klausner American book reviewer 1952-05-20 2015-10-15 Helaine Selin American librarian 1946 Helen E. Haines American librarian 1872 1961 Helen Ganser American librarian 1891 1990 Helen MacInnes 20th-century Scottish-American author and librarian 1907-10-07 1985-09-20 Helen Marot American librarian and workers' rights activist 1865-06-09 1940-06-03 Helen Sanger American librarian 1923-09-21 2020-07-20 Helen Thornton Geer American librarian 1903-01-07 1983 Helen Wallis British maritime historian 1924-08-17 1995-02-07 Helena Asamoah-Hassan Ghanaian librarian 1950s Helga Josephine Zinnbauer Australian community worker and librarian 1909-02-24 1980-12-16 Henrietta M. Smith American academic, children's librarian 1922-05-02 2021-04-21 Henriette Avram American computer programmer and system analyst; developed the MARC formatting used in libraries 1919-10-07 2006-04-22 Hilari Bell American writer and librarian 1958 Ida Leeson Australian librarian 1885-02-11 1964-01-22 Ilona Hubay Hungarian librarian 1902-07-01 1982-06-20 Ina Coolbrith American poet, writer, and librarian 1841-03-10 1928-02-29 Inezita Barroso Brazilian singer-songwriter 1925-03-04 2015-03-08 Ingetraut Dahlberg German philosopher, information scientist and librarian 1927-02-20 2017-10-24 Ingrid Parent Canadian librarian Iris Falcam Federated States of Micronesia librarian 1938-08-25 2010-02-19 Isadore Gilbert Mudge American librarian 1875-03-14 1957-05-16 Jacqueline Sturm New Zealand poet 1927-05-17 2009-12-30 Jane, Lady Roberts British librarian 1949-09-04 2021-06-29 Janet Backhouse English scholar 1938-02-08 2004-11-03 Janet Brennan Croft American academic and writer 1961 Janet DoeAmerican medical librarian1895-04-111985-11-17 Janet M. Suzuki American librarian 1943 1987 Jean Armour Polly American librarian Jean Arnot Australian librarian, trade unionist and feminist 1903-04-23 1995-09-27 Jean Chandler Smith American librarian 1918 1999 Jean Lisette Aroeste American screenwriter 1932-10-02 2020-08 Jeannette Howard Foster American writer 1895-11-03 1981-07-26 Jeannette Throckmorton American physician; medical librarian 1883-01-26 1963-07-22 Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven Dutch politician and librarian 1943-08-02 Jessamyn West American librarian 1968-09-05 Jo Giæver Tenfjord Children's writer 1918-08-13 2007-06-12 Joan Airoldi American librarian Joan Mondale Second Lady of the United States from 1977 until 1981 1930-08-08 2014-02-03 Joana Raspall i Juanola Spanish poet 1913-07-01 2013-12-04 Joanna Cole American children's books author 1944-08-11 2020-07-12 Josephine Phelan Writer and librarian 1905 1979 Joyce Fardell Australian teacher librarian and advocate for children's literature 1923 2007 Juana Capdevielle Spanish educator and librarian 1905-08-12 1936-08-18 Judith Hoffberg American art curator 1934 2009-01-16 Judith Krug Librarian and freedom of speech proponent 1940-03-15 2009-04-11 Judith Nadler American librarian Judy Yung American academic 1946-01-25 2020-12-14 South African librarian19562019 Julia Sauer American children's writer 1891-04-08 1983-06-26 Juliane Koepcke Biologist and sole survivor of LANSA Flight 508 1954-10-10 Juliet Barker British historian 1958 Juliette Hampton Morgan American librarian 1914-02-21 1957-07-16 Kari Gjesteby Norwegian politician 1947-05-16 Kate Steinitz American art historian 1889-08-02 1975-04-07 Katharine L Sharp American writer 1865-05-25 1914-06-01 Katherine Lines British writer 1902-09-24 1988-12-24 Kathleen de la Peña McCook American librarian Kathleen Nunneley New Zealand tennis player 1