Michele Mathews Leber (July 30, 1938 – ) was a journalist, book reviewer, and librarian.
Early life Michele Leber was born on July 30, 1938, in Appleton, Wisconsin. She graduated from Northwestern University.
Career Michele Leber was a journalist for The Post-Crescent. She was a librarian for Fairfax County, Virginia. She was on the book buying committee, and reviewed books for The Library Journal. She was named Library Journal reviewer of the year in 1997.Michele Mathews Leber:1938 - 2021 Obituary, January 1, 2021
Leber received the American Library Association Equality Award in 1996.A Memorial Resolution Honoring Michele Leber. She served on the Better Salaries/Pay Equity Task Force of the American Library Association which was appointed by president, Maurice J. Freedman, in 2002-2003 to provide librarians and library workers with the information, resources, and tools to enable them to advocate and negotiate, individually or collectively, for improved compensation and pay equity.
Leber served as a leader of the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) a coalition of women's and civil rights organizations; labor unions; religious, professional, legal, and educational associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions and individuals working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to achieve pay equity.National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) National Committee on Pay Equity.
In 2008, she was honored as an American Library Association-Allied Professional Association ‘ALA-APA Angel’ for supporting ALA-APA to flourish in its missions of providing certification and supporting better salaries.We Lost Two Giants in the Library World Library Worklife, March 2021
Personal life She married Ted Leber. Michele Leber died on January 1, 2021, at her home in Arlington, Virginia.
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OBITUARY Michele Mathews Leber